Dr. Robert Gross - a physician graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Medical School with post-doctoral work at MIT, AMA-Goldberger Fellowship, with the World Health Organization (WHO), and during his Welzmann Fellowship years at MIT has a degree from MIT, and is a graduate of Harvard Medical School.
He is an expert in nutrition
Publications by Dr. Gross (partial list)
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:
1. Gross, R.L., Reid, J.V.O., Newberne, P.M., Burgess, B., Merston, R., and Hift, W.: Depressed Cell-Mediated Immunity I Megaloblastic Anemia Due to Folic Acid Deficiency. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 28: 225, 1975
2. Gross, R.L., Newberne, P.M., and Reid J.V.O.: Adverse Effects on Infant Development Associated with Maternal Folic Acid Deficiency. Nutr. Rpts. Internat.. 10: 241, 1974.
3. William, E.A.J., Gross R.L., and Newberne, P.M.: Effects of Folate Deficiency on the Cell-Mediated Immune Response in Rats. Nutr. Rpts. Internat,. 12: 137, 1975.
4. Steel, C.M., Levin, A.G., Tsu, T., and Gross, R.L.: A Bank of Frozen Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes for In Vitro Immunological Studies on East African Cancer Patients. Internat. J. Cancer. 13, 489, 1974.
5. Gross, R.L., Levin, A.G., Steel, C.M., Singh, S., Brubaker, G., and Peers, F.G.: In Vitro Immunological Studies on East African Cancer Patients. II. Increased Sensitivity of Blood Lymphocytes from Untreated Burkitt Lymphoma Patients to Inhibition of Spontaneous Rosette Formation. Internat. J. Cancer 15: 132, 1975.
6. Gross, R.L., Steel, C.M., Levin, A.G., Singh, S., and Brubaker, G.: In Vitro Immunological Studies on East African Cancer Patients. III. Spontaneous Rosette Formation by Cells from Burkitt Lymphoma Biopsies. Internat. J. Cancer 15: 139, 1975.
7. Gross, R.L., Levin, A.G., Peers, F.G. Steel, C.M., and Tsu, T.: Spontaneous Rosette and Rosette-Inhibition Tests on Freah and Cryo-preserved Lymphocytes. Cryobiology 12: 455, 1975.
8. Gross, R.L., Latty, A., Williams, E.A., and Newberne, P.M.: Abnormal Spontaneous Rosette Formation and Rosette Inhibition in Lung Carcinomas. New Eng. J. Med. 292: 439, 1975
9. Gross, R.L., Williams, E.A., and Newberne, P.M.: Long-Term Effects of Marginal Perinatal Nutrition. Fed. Proc. (Abst.) 33: 669, 1974
10. Gross, R.L., Newberne, P.M.: Nutrition, The Thymolymphatic System and Immunocompetence. In: The Reticuloendothelial System in Health and Disease: Immunologic and Pathologic Aspects, ed. H. Friedman, M.R. Escobar and Reichard, S.M.; pages 179-187, Plenum Press, NY, 1976.
11. Gross, R.L., Newberne, P.M.: Nutrition and Carcinogenesis. In: The Reticuloendothelial System in Health and Disease: Immunologic and Pathologic Aspects, ed. H. Friedman, M.R. Escobar and Reichard, S.M.; Plenum Press, NY, 1976.
12. Gross, R.L.: Clinical Experiences with Levamisole. In: The Reticuloendothelial System in Health and Disease: Structure and Function, ed. S.M. Reichard, M.R. Escobar and H. Friedman, Plenum Press, NY, 1976.
13. Newberne, P.M. and Gross, R.L.: Factors Modifying Carcinogenesis. In: Onco-Developmental Gene Expression, ed. H. Fishman and S. Sell, Academic Press, NY 1976.
14. Smith, D.M. and Gross, R.L.: Selection of a Model System to Determine the Effects of Energy Production By-Products on the Immune System. LASL publication LA-6238-PR, 1976.
15. Newberne, P.M. and Gross, R.L.: Nutritional Modulation of Cancer Induction: An Epidemiologic and Experimental Perspective. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Ecological Perspectives on Carcinogens and Cancer Control, Cremona, Italy, 1976.
16. Newberne, P.M., Rogers, A.E. and Gross, R.L.: Nutritional Modulation of Carcinogenesis. In: Cancer Detection and Prevention, Proceedings of a Symposium, Marcel Dekker, NY, 1977.
17. Newberne, P.M., Gross, R.L. and Roe, D.A.: Drug, Nutrient and Toxin Interactions. World Rev. Nutr. Diet. 29: 130-169, 1976
18. Newberne, P.M. and Gross, R.L.: The Role of Nutrition in Aflatoxin Injury. In: Mycotoxins in Human and Animal Health, Pathotox Publishers, Inc., 1977.
19. Gross, R.L. and Newberne, P.M.: Naturally Occurring Toxic Substances in Foods. Clin. Pharm. and Therapeutics 22: 680-697, 19
20. Gross, R.L., Osdin, N., Fong, L., and Newberne, P.M.: I. Depressed Immunological Function in Zinc-Deprived Rats as Measured by Mitogen Response of Spleen, Thymus, and Peripheral Blood. Am. J. of Clin. Nutr. 32: 1260-1265. 1979.
21. Gross, R.L., Osdin, N., Fong, L., and Newberne, P.M.: II. In Vitro Restoration by Levamisole of Mitogen Responsiveness in Zinc-Deprived Rats. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 32: 1267-1271, 1979.
22. Gross, R.L. and Newberne, P.M. Role of Nutrition in Immunologic Function. Physiologic Reviews 60: 188-302, 1980.
23. Gross, R.L., Baron,P., Smith, D.M., and Thomas, R.G.: The Effect of Low Level X-irradiation on Spleen Immunologic Function in Rats. Submitted for Publication.
24. Gross, R.L.: Current Status of Immunologic Studies in Human Lung Cancer. LASL publication 7371-SR, 1978.
25. Bornstein, W.A., Lamden, M.P., Chuang, A.H.L., Gross, R.L., Newberne, P.M., and Bresnick, E.: Inability of Vitamin A-Deficiency to Alter Benzo(a)pyrene Metabolism in Syrian Hamsters. Cancer Res. 38: 1497-1501. 1978.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
1. Gross, R.L. and Venson, J.N.: The Physiology and Pharmcology of Sweating. In:
Cosmetics: Science and Technology. 2nd Edition. M.S. Balsam and E. Sagarin (eds.), John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1974.
BOOKS:
1. Gross, R.L. and Newberne, P.M.: The Effect of Nutrition on Chemical Carcinogenesis. In preparation, CRC Press.
PATENTS:
1. U.S. Patents Pending for Energy Bee Ultra®, Bee Immune®, Therabee RX®. Skin Bee Beautiful®, Eye Bee Beautiful®, Bee Alive® Coffee,
2. U.S. Patent Application 07/555,137, “Flow Cytometric Immune Competence Test.”
3. U.S. Patent Application 11/834,944, “Analgesic Cream”.
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