Vit C--peroxide, cool upcoming study

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Vitamin C's Cancer-Killing Potential

High-dose intravenous vitamin C (ascorbate) may be effective in

treating cancer, according to newly published research. Studies in the

1970s first suggested that administration of high doses of ascorbate

may provide a clinical benefit for treating cancer, but later studies

using the same high doses found no benefit. However the original

studies used intravenous and oral ascorbate, while subsequent studies

used only oral administration. Recognizing that these differences

might account for the disparate clinical outcomes, Mark Levine and

colleagues reexamined intravenous ascorbate therapy in cultured cancer

cell lines. The researchers found that ascorbate killed cancer cells

at concentrations that would only be achievable through intravenous

infusion. Normal cells were not affected by ascorbate at any

concentration. Additionally, ascorbate treatment led to the formation

of hydrogen peroxide, a chemical that can kill cells, suggesting a

potential mechanism for the therapy.

Article #06390: " Pharmacologic ascorbic acid concentrations

selectively kill cancer cells: Action as a pro-drug to deliver

hydrogen peroxide to tissues " by Qi Chen, Graham Espey, Murali

C. Krishna, B. , P. Corpe, Garry R.

Buettner, Schacter, and Mark Levine

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