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Can vitamin C cure a cold? How a Nobel Prize winner convinced us it could - The Conversation

Published by The Conversation Africa By Evangeline Mantzioris · 17 August 2026 at 07:28
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Can vitamin C cure a cold? How a Nobel Prize winner convinced us it could - The Conversation
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When a chemist wrote a book about vitamin C curing the common cold, the world took note. How wrong we all were.

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