It emerges that high levels of vitamin C in blood-forming stem cells influence the number and function of the cells and affect the development of leukaemia, through binding to a tumour-suppressor protein, Tet2. See Article p.476
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Miller, P., Ebert, B. Vitamin C regulates stem cells and cancer. Nature 549, 462–464 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature23548
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