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The lack of this active enzyme in the human liver prevents Man from producing his own ascorbic acid; a synthesis which is regularly carried out by nearly all other mammals. This genetic disease has been named, Hypoascorbemia. This new concept of the genetic etiology of scurvy gives a much broader outlook and opens perspectives which were lacking in the previous fifty year old nutritional or trace \u201cvitamin C\u201d hypothesis. \u201cCorrection\u201d of this genetic defect in Man is now possible since the availability of ascorbic acid in large quantities. By \u201ccorrection\u201d is meant the long-term administration of ascorbic acid in the large amounts the human liver would be synthesizing had this genetic defect not occurred. The mammals have long used the increased liver biosynthesis of ascorbic acid, under stress, to maintain homeostasis. The genetic defect prevents Humans from utilizing this important mammalian biochemical protective mechanism. Supplying exogenous ascorbic acid at the proper high dosage for full \u201ccorrection\u201d is merely duplicating a normal mammalian reaction. The medical implications of the full \u201ccorrection\u201d of this genetic disease are discussed and speculations on the effects of \u201ccorrection\u201d in the rheumatoid diseases, cardiovascular conditions, strokes, cancer and the aging process are extrapolated from the meager data already in the medical literature. This paper is mainly a plea for more thought along the medical possibilities opened by this new concept and for more clinical tests based on the rationales derived from the genetic disease viewpoint.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1120962300013287","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,7,27]],"date-time":"2016-07-27T09:48:26Z","timestamp":1469612906000},"page":"52-62","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["The Genetic Disease, Hypoascorbemia:<i>A Fresh Approach to an Ancient Disease and Some of its Medical Implications<\/i>"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Irwin","family":"Stone","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,8,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1120962300013287_ref041","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/ard.24.5.473"},{"key":"S1120962300013287_ref024","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/139965b0"},{"key":"S1120962300013287_ref025","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0021-9681(63)90016-X"},{"key":"S1120962300013287_ref006","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1042\/bj0810163"},{"key":"S1120962300013287_ref030","first-page":"4","article-title":"Tobacco mosaic virus","volume":"8","author":"Lojkin","year":"1936","journal-title":"Contrib. 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