Just when you thought you had your vitamins figured out, science throws us a curveball. New research from Texas A&M University is challenging everything we thought we knew about folate (that’s vitamin ...

A comprehensive panel of mutation scanning assays detects mutations in the APC, TP53, KRAS, BRAF genes and hypermethylated APC and MLH1 DNA in plasma of patients with various stages of colorectal ...

Folate deficiency anemia occurs when a person has a low level of folate, or vitamin B-9, in their body. Folate plays a vital role in many bodily processes, such as creating red blood cells and ...

In the great majority of these reports direct evidence for either folic acid or vitamin B 12 deficiency has been incomplete or absent, and therapeutic responses to huge "pharmacologic" doses of these ...

It seems that folate determinations in patients without known risk factors for folate deficiency are of little clinical significance. Fortification of cereal products with folic acid is not mandatory ...

Folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, is an important B-vitamin with many vital functions in the human body. It was ...