Vitamin C may increase the success rate of in vitro fertilization, improve the quality of human embryonic stem cells and help treat some cancers. These findings by a team including three San Diego scientists were published Sunday in the journal Nature.
The study examined the effect of vitamin C on the growth of mouse and human embryonic stem cells in the laboratory. Mouse embryonic stem cells are grown without vitamin C; while human embryonic stem cells are grown with vitamin C, the study noted. Adding vitamin C improved genetic activity in the mouse cells.
These results have important implications for preparing whole human embryos for implantation, senior author Miguel Ramalho-Santos of UC San Francisco said by email.
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The Research Report:
Vitamin C induces Tet-dependent DNA demethylation and a blastocyst-like state in ES cells
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature12362.html
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