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The four most common gene mutations that occur in lung cancer include KRAS, TP53, STK11, and EGFR, These are often what make those cancers treatment-resistant. As a result, it’s far more difficult to choose the right therapy for lung cancers with genetic mutations. One new study out of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, however, has been experimenting with a triple therapy that has proved effective for KRAS gene mutations in mice. The triple therapy involves

When we take a trip to the medicine cabinet, chances are most of us are on the hunt for a synthesized, complex compound. Basically, the medications we know and love are mostly made in labs, created through a series of chemical reactions. There are, however, other types of drugs around, even if they’re not as well-known? biologic agents. These drugs are derived from proteins; and are produced by living organisms like yeast and bacteria, rather

In a world where the demand for organ transplants greatly outnumbers the availability of organ donors, a small division of scientists believes they have a solution: growing human organs inside the bodies of farm animals. Despite the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently denouncing such projects, some independent U.S. research centers have decided to go ahead with plans to grow humans tissue and organs inside the bodies of genetically altered pigs and sheep. The complicated

A simple blood test can accurately identify patients at very low risk for heart attack, say, researchers. Almost two-thirds of people who arrive in an emergency room complaining of chest pain and fearing cardiac arrest might be safely discharged, the results of the new study suggest. “Implementation of this approach would reduce avoidable hospital admission and have major benefits for both patients and health-care providers,” wrote the authors sponsored by the University of Edinburgh and

Normally, grenades are bad for your health. They explode, spreading shrapnel and other incendiaries into a thousand different directions, with only one purpose: causing maximum harm to anyone unlucky enough to be within the blasts’ radius. Fortunately, the grenade we’re talking about today does more good than bad, as it targets and kills cancer tumors. Researchers from the University of Manchester will present two studies at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in

Angioplasty is a procedure that can help to reduce the risk of stroke recurrence by restoring reduced or cut off blood flow to the brain. The procedure is extremely risky, but recently researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago may have found a way to ensure this operation is only conducted on patients who would benefit from it most. A stroke occurs when blood flow to the brain becomes restricted or completely blocked. During

Our bones are constantly regrowing. They attain peak mass sometime in our 20s before slowly getting weaker as we age. This increases many people’s risk of osteoporosis, a condition characterized by weak and brittle bones, and their subsequent risk of fractures from something as minute as a cough. To combat this decline in bone strength, researchers from France have developed an injectable foam that helps to repair bones. Injectable calcium phosphate cement (CPCs) are often