Elucidating the mechanism that initiates cancer cachexia
The new findings could lead to new therapeutics and a method to diagnose pancreatic cancer earlier, improving its prognosis.
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The new findings could lead to new therapeutics and a method to diagnose pancreatic cancer earlier, improving its prognosis.
In this article, Patrick Kendall, Scientific Advisor for Artelo Biosciences, outlines why future treatment of cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome may lie with drugs in development offering a mechanistic approach.
Using a mouse model, researchers found that cancer progression led to fewer skeletal muscle ribosomes, likely explaining muscle wasting.