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.
The goal of each infusion was to raise the concentration of vitamin C in a patient's blood to 20,000 Î¼M, as compared to a blood level of about 70 Î¼M found in most adults. The high dose is necessary because vitamin C has a half-life of about two hours in the circulation of humans.