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Meaning of Warburg effect | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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The observation that most cancer cells release energy predominantly not through the 'usual' citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria as observed in normal cells, but through a less efficient process of 'anaerobic glycolysis' consisting of a high level of glucose uptake and glycolysis followed by lactic acid fermentation taking place in the cytosol, not the mitochondria, even in the presence of abundant oxygen.

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B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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