'Active recovery' after exercise is supposed to improve performance—but does it really work?
Imagine you have just finished a workout. Your legs are like jelly, your lungs are burning and you just want to collapse on the couch.
Feb 22, 2025
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Organic Chemicals: News and Research on Lactic Acid
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Lung cancer cells can go 'off grid' and develop their own electrical network within the tumor, study shows
Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute have found that some particularly aggressive lung cancer cells can develop their own electric network, like that seen in the body's nervous system. This unique property could make ...
Feb 12, 2025
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New take on immunotherapy reinvigorates T cells by blocking uptake of energy-sapping cancer byproducts
As cancer cells grow, they pump out metabolic byproducts such as lactic acid into the tumor microenvironment. Exhausted T cells—which have lost their cancer-fighting oomph—consume this lactic acid, which further saps their ...
Nov 8, 2024
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Lactic acid helps blood vessels relax, could improve muscle and heart health
A new study in rats shows that lactate, a substance found in the muscles, initiates a cascade of actions in the muscles that helps blood vessels relax. The surprising results are published ahead of print in the journal Function.
Oct 10, 2024
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Wearable microfluidic band can measure sweat biochemistry during rest or exercise
A large, international team of researchers with a variety of backgrounds has developed a band that can be worn on the wrist or ankle to measure changes in the chemical makeup of sweat over a short period of time. Their paper ...
Scientists develop bandage that measures glucose levels in sweat using microlaser technology
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a band-aid or plaster that measures body biomarkers that can indicate health or disease through sweat, paving the way for a new non-invasive ...
Jul 8, 2024
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Epilepsy drug could keep chemotherapy for stomach cancer working for longer
Cancer's resistance to chemotherapy could be reversed by targeting lactate—the product that builds up as cancer cells convert nutrients to energy, according to new research published in Nature.
Jul 4, 2024
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Lactate shuttle in skeletal muscle impacts myofiber types and exercise activity
A research team led by Prof. Chen Yan and Prof. Yang Lifeng from the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed a physiological function of monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) ...
Jun 27, 2024
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New MRI method uses altered glucose to 'light up' pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is difficult to detect, in part because the pancreas sits deep in the abdominal cavity in a position that can vary from person to person; pancreatic tumors therefore can remain hidden until too late for ...
Jun 24, 2024
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Proof-of-concept study shows sweat health monitor can measure levels of disease markers
A wearable health monitor developed by Washington State University researchers can reliably measure levels of important biochemicals in sweat during physical exercise.
Jun 20, 2024
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