Sculptasquad t1_j95v8i1 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 2:13 PM

Reply to comment by KetosisMD in Pharmacological vitamin C inhibits mTOR signaling and tumor growth by degrading Rictor and inducing HMOX1 expression (Feb 2023) by basmwklz

"Thorough" always comes at a price.

KetosisMD t1_j95w9me wrote on February 19, 2023 at 2:22 PM

Agreed. I’m not saying rapamycin is safe. I’m tempering the comparison of C and rapamycin

fanghornegghorn t1_j97ij4i wrote on February 19, 2023 at 9:15 PM

What's wrong with rapamycin?

[deleted] t1_j994lt8 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 4:56 AM

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erebos290696 t1_j9a0txa wrote on February 20, 2023 at 11:49 AM

It has several functions which include immunosuppression and fungicide.

The immunosuppressive effects allowed it to be used in organ transplants I believe. And the low rate of cancer in patients using it, lead to the discovery of the mTOR pathway. And it's use in cancer treatment.

I think. Verify everything I've said as it's been a minute since I learned this.