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Professional dialysis recruitment| Lactate shuttle in human tumors. Is chronic use of lactate-based PD fluid a risk? |
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| Science Daily: The researchers see that lactate is like "candy" for cancer cells. And cancer cells are addicted to this supply of "candy." "We've essentially shown for the first time that there is lactate shuttle in human tumors," said Dr. Lisanti. "It was first discovered nearly 100 years ago in muscles, 15 years ago in the brain, and now we've shown this shuttle also exists in human tumors." |
