Nearly half of all cancer patients suffer from excessive weight loss due to the loss of adipose and skeletal muscle tissues, or cachexia. This progressive illness not only impairs quality of life for ...

Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.

Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome marked by a severe loss of body weight due primarily to the wasting of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. This syndrome is often accompanied by systemic ...

Researchers at the University of Houston are pushing the boundaries of biomedical innovation with a discovery that could transform treatment for one of cancer's most devastating complications. In a ...

Researchers at the University of Houston are pushing the boundaries of biomedical innovation with a discovery that could transform treatment for one of cancer’s most devastating complications. In a ...

Muscle atrophy is a prevalent condition in today's societies, but many of the roles that mitochondria play in the process remain unclear. In a recent study, researchers investigated how muscle atrophy ...

Skeletal muscle atrophy, or wasting, is a devastating and often irreversible syndrome during the aging process and for patients with advanced cancer. Muscle wasting involves a decrease in muscle mass ...

A protein called B cell lymphoma 6 (BCL6) could be key to maintaining healthy muscle mass, and potentially could be used to combat muscle wasting conditions in humans, a study in mice suggests.

Research reveals how brain inflammation triggers extreme muscle weakness across several diseases, including viral infection, bacterial infection and Alzheimer's disease. The study, in fruit flies and ...