Folic Acid Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Folic Acid, including details on folate, deficiency, pregnancy, benefits, sources, side-effects.

Volume 5 (2008), Issue 8 (August)

1. Polymorphisms and methylation of the reduced folate carrier in osteosarcoma.
   Clin Orthop Relat Res, 466(9): 2046-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Folate deprivation induces BCRP (ABCG2) expression and mitoxantrone resistance in Caco-2 cells.
   Int J Cancer, 123(7): 1712-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Mortality and cardiovascular events in patients treated with homocysteine-lowering B vitamins after coronary angiography: a randomized controlled trial.
   JAMA, 300(7): 795-804. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. The clinical course and genetic defect in the PCFT gene in a 27-year-old woman with hereditary folate malabsorption.
   J Pediatr, 153(3): 435-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Quantitation of circulating tumor cells in blood samples from ovarian and prostate cancer patients using tumor-specific fluorescent ligands.
   Int J Cancer, 123(8): 1968-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. A novel loss-of-function mutation in the proton-coupled folate transporter from a patient with hereditary folate malabsorption reveals that Arg 113 is crucial for function.
   Blood, 112(5): 2055-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Reduced folate carrier 80A-->G polymorphism, plasma folate, and risk of placental abruption.
   Hum Genet, 124(2): 137-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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