Study Finds Vitamin C Can Kill Drug-Resistant TB

Study Finds Vitamin C Can Kill Drug-Resistant TB

Dr. William Jacobs, Jr. has determined that Vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. The paper was published online May 21, 2013 in Nature Communications. Dr. Jacobs is professor of microbiology & immunology and of genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Jacobs is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.

 

Source: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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