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  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

George J. Brewer is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research contributions are primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Nutrition and Dietetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Plant Science, Physiology, and Oncology.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals
  • Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research
  • Bone health and treatments
  • Bone and Joint Diseases
  • Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds

George J. Brewer has authored several papers recently published in reputable journals. These include:

  • Malignancy or Not: A Case of Hypercalcemia Revealing Sarcoidosis, 2025, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • No strain, no formate gains, 2025, Nature Reviews. Cancer
  • A viral wakeup call, 2025, Nature Reviews. Cancer

The scientist has also appeared as coauthor with others in the publication "0154 GRN-SORT axis exacerbates the inflammatory response in TREM2-macrophage in acne vulgaris," published in 2025 in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

Frequent coauthors of George J. Brewer include Ananda S. Prasad, Mohamed Abdulla, Michael Aschner, Daiana Silva Ávila, and Bum-Ho Bin. These collaborations reflect connections within related scientific communities.

Prominent venues where Brewer's work has appeared are:

  • Nature Reviews. Cancer
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology

In recognition of their contributions, George J. Brewer was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in the year 2000.

Best Publications

  • Copper deficiency induced by tetrathiomolybdate suppresses tumor growth and angiogenesis.

    Quintin Pan;Celina G. Kleer;Kenneth L. Van Golen;Jennifer Irani

  • Changes in cytokine production and T cell subpopulations in experimentally induced zinc-deficient humans

    Frances W.J. Beck;Ananda S. Prasad;Joseph Kaplan;James T. Fitzgerald

  • Hypocupremia induced by zinc therapy in adults.

    Ananda S. Prasad;George J. Brewer;Eric B. Schoomaker;Parviz Rabbani

  • Serum thymulin in human zinc deficiency

    A S Prasad;S Meftah;J Abdallah;J Kaplan

  • Worsening of neurologic syndrome in patients with Wilson's disease with initial penicillamine therapy.

    George J. Brewer;Carol A. Terry;Alex M. Aisen;Gretchen M. Hill

  • Treatment of Metastatic Cancer with Tetrathiomolybdate, an Anticopper, Antiangiogenic Agent: Phase I Study

    George J. Brewer;Robert D. Dick;Damanjit K. Grover;Virginia LeClaire

  • Risks of copper and iron toxicity during aging in humans.

    George J. Brewer

  • Treatment of wilson disease with ammonium tetrathiomolybdate. IV. Comparison of tetrathiomolybdate and trientine in a double-blind study of treatment of the neurologic presentation of wilson disease

    George J. Brewer;Fred Askari;Matthew T. Lorincz;Martha Carlson

  • Primaquine sensitivity. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: an inborn error of metabolism of medical and biological significance.

    Alvin R. Tarlov;George J. Brewer;Paul E. Carson;Alf S. Alving

  • Oral zinc therapy for Wilson's disease.

    George J. Brewer;Gretchen M. Hill;Ananda S. Prasad;Zafrallah T. Cossack

  • Treatment of Wilson's disease with zinc: XV long-term follow-up studies.

    George J. Brewer;Robert D. Dick;Virginia D. Johnson;James A. Brunberg

  • Clinical Assessment of 31 Patients With Wilson's Disease: Correlations With Structural Changes on Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Simon Starosta-Rubinstein;Anne B. Young;Karen Kluin;Gretchen Hill

  • A novel role for XIAP in copper homeostasis through regulation of MURR1

    Ezra Burstein;Lakshmanan Ganesh;Robert D Dick;Bart van De Sluis

  • Treatment of Wilson Disease With Ammonium Tetrathiomolybdate: III. Initial Therapy in a Total of 55 Neurologically Affected Patients and Follow-up With Zinc Therapy

    George J. Brewer;Peter Hedera;Karen J. Kluin;Martha Carlson

  • Initial therapy of patients with Wilson's disease with tetrathiomolybdate.

    George J. Brewer;Robert D. Dick;Vilma Yuzbasiyan-Gurkin;Roberta Tankanow

  • Recognition, diagnosis, and management of Wilson's disease.

    George J. Brewer

  • Iron and copper toxicity in diseases of aging, particularly atherosclerosis and Alzheimer's disease.

    George J. Brewer

  • Copper toxicity in the general population.

    George J. Brewer

  • Methaemoglobin reduction test: a new, simple, in vitro test for identifying primaquine-sensitivity.

    George J. Brewer;Alvin R. Tarlov;Alf S. Alving

  • Phase II Trial of Tetrathiomolybdate in Patients with Advanced Kidney Cancer

    Bruce G. Redman;Peg Esper;Quintin Pan;Rodney L. Dunn

Frequent Co-Authors

Ananda S. Prasad
Ananda S. Prasad Wayne State University
Sofia D. Merajver
Sofia D. Merajver University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John W. Eaton
John W. Eaton University of Louisville
Robert P. Dick
Robert P. Dick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gretchen M. Hill
Gretchen M. Hill Michigan State University
Charles F. Sing
Charles F. Sing University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jon C. Aster
Jon C. Aster Harvard Medical School
Donald C. Shreffler
Donald C. Shreffler Washington University in St. Louis
Anne B. Young
Anne B. Young Harvard University
Bita Esmaeli
Bita Esmaeli The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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