Cancer cells are known for their “glutamine addiction,” but many can escape this weakness by switching to alternative fuels.

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Endogenous pyruvate is an end-product in glycolysis and a key molecule for ATP production under aerobic and anaerobic conditions, whereas exogenous pyruvate is transferred to cells via monocarboxylate ...

The purpose of this report is to present the findings in a group of 20 patients with pulmonary insufficiency, all but 2 of whom had arterial oxygen tensions below 50 mm. of mercury. The 20 subjects ...

As our bodies perform strenuous exercise, we begin to breathe faster as we attempt to shuttle more oxygen to our working muscles. The body prefers to generate most of its energy using aerobic methods, ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for Priority Review the New Drug Application for SL1009 (sodium dichloroacetate oral solution) for the treatment of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex ...

Chemists have developed an organic catalyst that can drive reactions using pyruvate -- a key biomolecule in many metabolic pathways -- that are difficult and complicated to achieve using conventional ...

The present study was instituted to determine whether children with congenital heart disease have abnormal blood levels of lactate and pyruvate and to determine whether a relation exists between ...

While some people are afraid to have sick children, Allison and Ben Gauvin have a different view. The Connecticut couple, who tragically lost two of their children to a rare mitochondrial disease, ...