Lactic acid has long been vilified, but new research shows that it doesn't impair muscle function. In fact, it might actually be good for you. Like all great villains, lactic acid has been ...

Swimmers often encounter lactate sets throughout their training, yet several misconceptions exist about the body’s production of lactic acid and experiences of fatigue. Let’s start off with getting ...

Gene-metabolite map of the GABA and lactic acid pathways in florets from packed cultivars. Differential gene expressions (squares) and differential compound abundances (circles) in Olter and BAT39 ...

Most of us have, at one time or another, "felt the burn" during exercise, the point when our strained muscles cry out in agony and plead with us to pause for a rest. The reason for this unpleasant ...

A hospital in Thailand created a quick-action dialysis protocol for patients with metformin-associated lactic acidosis, a dangerous reaction to a common diabetes drug. The program sharply reduced ...

Scientists in Ghent have achieved a major breakthrough in sepsis research. In a study on mice, the researchers demonstrate that vitamin B1 (thiamine pyrophosphate, TPP) restores mitochondrial energy ...