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...cancer-related complications each year. Despite these grim statistics, new strategies for attacking cancer are yielding...pedal of a vehicle, respectively. In the case of a mutation that turns a proto-oncogene permanently “on”, ...accelerator of a vehicle being stuck down. Similarly, a mutation that turns a tumor suppressor “off” is analogous...From proteins to pathways - Ras as a model
When mutations do arise and cancer ensues, traditional chemotherapies...proteins are special because they are known to be mutated in as many as 30% of all cancers, especially those...pancreas and colon.
Despite the prevalence of Ras mutations in a variety of cancers, Ras proteins have stumped...synthesizing compounds to bind specifically to their mutated residues.
For Ras researchers, one of the most ...