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Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @04:23PM from the if-only-we-could-get-vitamin-C-into-common-foods dept.

AndyKrish writes "A BBC story reports that scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University found Vitamin C kills drug resistant tuberculosis (abstract). Though results are preliminary — the lead investigator of the study said, 'We have only been able to demonstrate this in a test tube, and we don't know if it will work in humans and in animals' — this is an exciting development in the fight against drug-resistant TB."

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Re:Vitamin C... (Score:3, Funny)

by Jeremiah Cornelius ( 137 ) writes: on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @04:34PM (#43797311) Homepage Journal

I was about to comment the same... With an "aPauling" pun. ;-)
Really, this will likely be quickly quashed by the Pharmas. Or they will patent a delivery transport - with the only FDA-approved administration protocol.

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acidic solution kills bacteria (Score:4, Funny)

by iggymanz ( 596061 ) writes: on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @04:45PM (#43797391)

and bears shit in the woods. story at 10

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Really?!?! (Score:2, Funny)

by freeze128 ( 544774 ) writes: on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @05:03PM (#43797539)

Albert Einstein College of Medicine? I don't think medicine is what that guy is famous for.... That's almost like winning the Adolf Hitler humanitarian award.

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Re:acidic solution kills bacteria (Score:3, Funny)

by leathered ( 780018 ) writes: on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @05:08PM (#43797599)

By that logic the deoxyribonucleic acid in every bacterium should kill them off before they get a chance to multiply.
Oh, and H. Pylori [wikipedia.org] would like a word with you.

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Re:Vitamin C... (Score:4, Funny)

by PopeRatzo ( 965947 ) writes: on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @06:03PM (#43798067) Journal

It's even noticeable when you have sex with another partner who has a different PH.
I can only imagine the blank looks on the faces of Slashdot users reading that sentence.

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