JERUSALEM, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli and U.S. researchers have discovered that disrupted brain-liver communication drives severe weight loss, or cachexia, in cancer patients, Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science said Thursday in a statement.
The study, published in Cell, found that cancer-induced inflammation damages the vagus nerve, a major pathway between the brain and liver, triggering the depletion of muscle and fat linked to nearly a third of cancer deaths, read the statement.
