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Mabester t1_jd4k8ue wrote

This class of drugs is called menin inhibitors and they're going to be a game changer for certain subtypes of leukemia. We are seeing resistance to them already however (just recently published in nature)

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liberty4u2 t1_jd638a2 wrote

I noted with interest that menin blockers was found to significantly prolong life in rats. That was mentioned in r/longevity not to long ago.

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ClassicManeuver t1_jd6fby0 wrote

How are we seeing drug resistance in cancer?

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PersonOfInternets t1_jd6ptnz wrote

Cancer is alive...did you not hear? I think trump dropped a deuce in the Denver museum of art that week so it was a little overlooks in the headlines.

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