New Treatment May Fight Brain Disease

Researchers said they had found a way to sneak vitamin C past the so-called blood-brain barrier, the gatekeeper that protects the brain from infection. They said if their method works in people, it could offer a new approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease and other diseases that come from damage to brain cells. This is because vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant, working to prevent damage caused by everyday life that leads to diseases such as cancer, heart disease and perhaps even Alzheimer’s. Reporting in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, a team from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Center in New York said their approach resulted in more vitamin C in the brains of mice used in their research.