Humans, Guinea Pigs and Bats
Why can humans (and guinea pigs and dry-nosed primates and bats) not make vitamin C and are thus open to scurvy without replacement? Many years ago, I worked on a study of guinea pigs that had been fed a diet without vitamin C and thus developed scurvy....(read more)
Source: David Plaut: Off the Cuff - Category: Pathologists Authors: David Plaut Source Type: blogs