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Recent findings by Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology David Bilder and his lab could lead to the development of much-needed targeted therapies for wasting syndrome in cancer patients (this syndrome is called cachexia, where muscle and fat tissues are destroyed throughout the body).
Image is of normal ovaries from a fly. Photo courtesy of Alejandra Figueroa-Clarevega in the Bilder Lab at UC Berkeley.