CRI Scientists Discover Vitamin C Regulates Stem Cell Function and Suppresses Leukemia Development
August 21, 2017
August 21, 2017
DALLAS, Aug. 21 -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release:
Not much is known about stem cell metabolism, but a new study from the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) has found that stem cells take up unusually high levels of vitamin C, which then regulates their function and suppresses the development of leukemia.
"We have known for a while that people with lower levels of ascorbate (v . . .
Not much is known about stem cell metabolism, but a new study from the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) has found that stem cells take up unusually high levels of vitamin C, which then regulates their function and suppresses the development of leukemia.
"We have known for a while that people with lower levels of ascorbate (v . . .