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  "id": 14984286,
  "title": "Dietary serine and glycine restriction delays cancer-associated cachexia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/dietary-serine-and-glycine-restriction-delays-cancer-associated",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.15.759471v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Cancer cachexia is a severe metabolic complication of malignancy characterized by loss of appetite, progressive tissue wasting leading to adipose tissue and/or muscle loss and systemic inflammation. Energy dysregulation and nutrient availability are increasingly recognized as key determinants of host metabolic adaptation during tumour progression. However, how diets can be used to support the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}