For decades, the role of genetics has dominated cancer research. So it may seem surprising that a major breakthrough in cancer came about in a sports physiology lab at the University of Colorado, adjacent to Folsom Stadium where the Buffs play football. But there’s a link. Lactate — the waste byproduct dreaded by athletes that has been mostly studied through the lens of sports — could be a critical driver in the development and the spread of cancer. Iñigo San Millán, director of the sports performance department and physiology laboratory at the CU Sports Medicine and Performance Center at CU Boulder, is the lead author of a new study that takes a deep dive into the role lactate plays in cancer.

 

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