Vitamin C Helps Drugs Pass Blood-Brain Barrier
 (Florence, Reuters Health, 1/15/02)

Dr. Stefano Manfedini of the University of Ferrara in Italy and his colleagues used a component of Vitamin C, the SVCT2 transporter, to facilitate the delivery of 3 drugs across the blood-brain barrier. This research demonstrates a potential role for Vitamin C to act as a "shuttle" in getting medication to the brain in the treatment of neurological disorders, as well as viral diseases that affect the brain.