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How to stop cancer cachexia? Start at the top - EurekAlert


A team led by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Professor Bo Li has discovered a new potential drug target for the lethal wasting disease known as cancer cachexia. Their findings illustrate that even small groups of neurons in the brain can have an outsized impact on the body’s cancer response.

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