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westurner 3y ago
Is cancer all about cellular energy from oxygen? /? lactic acid atp: https://www.google.com/search?q=lactic+acid+atp https://www.google.com/search?q=lactic+acid+atp - "What is lactic acid?" https://www.livescience.com/what-is-lactic-acid https://www.livescience.com/what-is-lactic-acid > Although blood lactate concentration does increase during intense exercise, the lactic acid molecule itself dissociates and the lactate is recycled and used to create more ATP. > "Your body naturally metabolizes the lactic acid, clearing it out. The liver can take up some of the lactic acid molecules and convert them back to glucose for fuel," says Grover. "This conversion also reduces the acidity in the blood, thus removing some of the burning sensation. This is a natural process that occurs in the body. Things such as stretching, rolling, or walking will have little to no impact." > The burning sensation you feel in your legs during a heavy workout probably isn't caused by lactic acid, but instead by tissue damage and inflammation. > It’s also important to remember that lactate itself isn’t 'bad'. In fact, research in [Bioscience Horizons] suggests that lactate is beneficial to the body during and after exercise in numerous ways. For example, lactate can be used directly by the brain and heart for energy or converted into glucose in the liver or kidneys, which can then be used by nearly any cell in the body for energy. - https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_Kentucky/UK%3A_CHE_103_-_Chemistry_for_Allied_Health_(Soult)/Chapters/Chapter_15%3A_Metabolic_Cycles/15.3%3A_Lactic_Acid_Fermentation https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_Kentucky/U... : > Lactic Acid Fermentation: You may have not been aware that your muscle cells can ferment. Fermentation is the process of producing ATP in the absence of oxygen, through glycolysis alone. Recall that glycolysis breaks a glucose molecule into two pyruvate molecules, producing a net gain of two ATP and two NADH molecules. Lactic acid fermentation is the type of anaerobic respiration carried out by yogurt bacteria (Lactobacillus and others) and by your own muscle cells when you work them hard and fast. Is that relevant to cancer and oxygen, IDK. Hopefully NIRS + ultrasound ("HIFU" & modern waveguides) can inexpensively treat many more forms of cancer. From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35812168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35812168 : > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35617859 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35617859 ... "A simple technique to overcome self-focusing, filamentation, supercontinuum generation, aberrations, depth dependence and waveguide interface roughness using fs laser processing" [w/ Dual Beams]

westurner 3y ago

Is cancer all about cellular energy from oxygen? /? lactic acid atp: https://www.google.com/search?q=lactic+acid+atp https://www.google.com/search?q=lactic+acid+atp - "What is lactic acid?" https://www.livescience.com/what-is-lactic-acid https://www.livescience.com/what-is-lactic-acid > Although blood lactate concentration does increase during intense exercise, the lactic acid molecule itself dissociates and the lactate is recycled and used to create more ATP. > "Your body naturally metabolizes the lactic acid, clearing it out. The liver can take up some of the lactic acid molecules and convert them back to glucose for fuel," says Grover. "This conversion also reduces the acidity in the blood, thus removing some of the burning sensation. This is a natural process that occurs in the body. Things such as stretching, rolling, or walking will have little to no impact." > The burning sensation you feel in your legs during a heavy workout probably isn't caused by lactic acid, but instead by tissue damage and inflammation. > It’s also important to remember that lactate itself isn’t 'bad'. In fact, research in [Bioscience Horizons] suggests that lactate is beneficial to the body during and after exercise in numerous ways. For example, lactate can be used directly by the brain and heart for energy or converted into glucose in the liver or kidneys, which can then be used by nearly any cell in the body for energy. - https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_Kentucky/UK%3A_CHE_103_-_Chemistry_for_Allied_Health_(Soult)/Chapters/Chapter_15%3A_Metabolic_Cycles/15.3%3A_Lactic_Acid_Fermentation https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_Kentucky/U... : > Lactic Acid Fermentation: You may have not been aware that your muscle cells can ferment. Fermentation is the process of producing ATP in the absence of oxygen, through glycolysis alone. Recall that glycolysis breaks a glucose molecule into two pyruvate molecules, producing a net gain of two ATP and two NADH molecules. Lactic acid fermentation is the type of anaerobic respiration carried out by yogurt bacteria (Lactobacillus and others) and by your own muscle cells when you work them hard and fast. Is that relevant to cancer and oxygen, IDK. Hopefully NIRS + ultrasound ("HIFU" & modern waveguides) can inexpensively treat many more forms of cancer. From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35812168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35812168 : > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35617859 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35617859 ... "A simple technique to overcome self-focusing, filamentation, supercontinuum generation, aberrations, depth dependence and waveguide interface roughness using fs laser processing" [w/ Dual Beams]