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Scientists discover the important role that aerobic glycolysis, the process where cells make lactate from glucose, plays in mammalian eye development. Although already known to be used by retinal ...

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Aerobic glycolysis, the process by which cells transform glucose into lactate, is key for eye development in mammals, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications.