KRAS mutation type may guide more effective cancer treatments

KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene across all human cancers. Although different KRAS mutations have long been thought to exert the same cancer-driving effects, a new study led by UT ...
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Using Only Immunotherapy Successfully Treats Several Cancers With MMRd Mutation, Improves Quality of Life

Maureen Sideris, seated, with her sister Marion, receiving the 8th of 9 immunotherapy infusions during successful treatment for early-stage gastroesophageal junction cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering ...
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There’s an App for That: When the Meaning of a BRCA Mutation Isn’t Clear-Cut

A new database and mobile app called BRCA Exchange is making it easier for experts to share information about cancer-related gene mutations. Summary Clinical genetics experts from MSK and other ...
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Exposing the evolutionary weak spots of the human genome

Mutations can drastically help or hurt the odds of an organism surviving and reproducing. Researchers have created a computer program called ExtRaINSIGHT that tracks the history of harmful mutations ...

Chernobyl radiation caused DNA mutations in workers’ children, study confirms decades later

Nearly four decades after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, scientists have identified subtle genetic mutation clusters in the ...