Stopping cachexia at its source could reverse wasting from cancer
Blocking an immune protein that helps regulate body weight led mice with cancer to gain muscle
The area postrema, which lies in the medulla oblongata (highlighted in this illustration) in the brain stem, plays a role in cachexia, a wasting disease that affects an estimated 80 percent of people with advanced cancer.
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