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Scientists Find Vitamin C Kills Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis 105

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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Vitamin C... (Score:5, Insightful)

by sconeu ( 64226 ) writes: on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @04:30PM (#43797261) Homepage Journal

Somewhere in heaven, Linus Pauling [wikipedia.org] is laughing his head off...

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Vitamin C Resistance (Score:1, Insightful)

by Continental Drift ( 262986 ) writes: <slashdot@brighte ... b.net minus poet> on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @04:47PM (#43797421) Homepage

Even if it works, in short order we'll have vitamin C resistant tuberculosis. Next up, miracle cure X, and cure X resistant tuberculosis. I'm all for miracle cures, but let's keep in mind that all viruses and parasites mutate to deal with our cures.

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Re:Vitamin C... (Score:5, Insightful)

by D1G1T ( 1136467 ) writes: on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @04:55PM (#43797463)

Seeing as how most TB is in places where FDA has no jurisdiction, I don't think that will be a problem.

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Fire also kills drug resistant tuberculosis..... (Score:5, Insightful)

by EvilSS ( 557649 ) writes: on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @05:08PM (#43797597)

....in a test tube.

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