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SharonAnn

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3. My husband died 10 years ago from a colon cancer with this "undruggable" KRAS gene

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Wed Oct 26, 2022, 12:41 AM

Oct 2022

We knew from the outset that then current treatments weren't that effective. But he fought it until the bitter end.

I'm so glad to hear that this kind of progress has been made and that it may help cure other people.

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'Undruggable' cancer-causing protein meets its match [View all] NNadir Oct 2022 OP

The chemistry was too basic science for me to understand. Laffy Kat Oct 2022 #1

Awesome I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2022 #2

My husband died 10 years ago from a colon cancer with this "undruggable" KRAS gene SharonAnn Oct 2022 #3

A family member died of KRAS flamingdem Oct 2022 #4

❤️ littlemissmartypants Oct 2022 #5

Yeah, I would've guessed the structure was something like that ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2022 #6