Since it's made of both a vegetable and animal fiber, the result is a lovely heathered yarn due to the way the fibers take the dyes. Chesapeake knits up at a worsted weight so it's ideal for knitting both adults and children's garments.
The 11 evaluable patients enrolled in the brain cancer safety trial received three infusions of vitamin C a week for 2 months followed by two infusions per week for 7 months while receiving standard care radiation and chemotherapy.
Over a span of 15 years of vitamin C research, Dr. Riordan's RECNAC (cancer spelled backwards) research team generated 20 published papers on vitamin C and cancer. RECNAC even inspired its second cancer research institute, known as RECNAC II, at the University of Puerto Rico.