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Ewan Cameron Ewan Cameron is the name of:
  • Ewan Cameron (Vitamin C), medical doctor born in Glasgow, Scotland who worked with Linus Pauling on Vitamin C research
  • Ewan Cameron (MKULTRA), Scottish-American psychiatrist
  • Ewan Cameron (TV critic), TV critic for the Aberdeen
, who in 1971 began to collaborate with Linus Pauling Noun 1. Linus Pauling - United States chemist who studied the nature of chemical bonding (1901-1994)
Linus Carl Pauling, Pauling
 on vitamin C vitamin C
 or ascorbic acid

Water-soluble organic compound important in animal metabolism. Most animals produce it in their bodies, but humans, other primates, and guinea pigs need it in the diet to prevent scurvy.
 and cancer, typically initiated patients with 10 grams per day of vitamin C given intravenously for about 2 weeks, followed by an oral dosage continued indefinitely. The two Mayo Clinic trials referred to in "Vitamin C may treat cancer after all" (SN: 10/15/05, p. 253), which failed to show any benefit for vitamin C in cancer patients, used only oral doses with limited absorption. The new study by Mark Levine adds to the growing consensus that intravenous vitamin C is worthy of a clinical trial.

STEPHEN LAWSON,

LINUS PAULING INSTITUTE The Linus Pauling Institute was established at Oregon State University in August 1996 under an agreement reached between OSU and the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine (located in California from 1973 to 1996). , OREGON STATE

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Title Annotation:LETTERS
Author:Lawson, Stephen
Publication:Science News
Article Type:Letter to the Editor
Date:Dec 17, 2005
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