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10-Mar-2025

Breakthrough combination therapy tackles drug resistance in lung cancer with common KRAS mutation

Virginia Commonwealth University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A breakthrough in lung cancer treatment may be on the horizon. Scientists at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered a powerful combination therapy leveraging sotorasib—an FDA-approved drug in the market—and an experimental drug called FGTI-2734, which could make precision medicine more effective for patients with a highly resistant form of lung cancer. The study, featured on the cover of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, reveals a potential game-changer for patients battling tumors with the KRAS G12C mutation—a driver in about 14% of non-small cell lung cancers.

Journal: Journal of Thoracic Oncology
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute

10-Mar-2025

Chronic stress and obesity work together to accelerate pancreatic cancer development and growth, study finds

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by UCLA investigators suggests that chronic stress and an unhealthy diet may work together to fuel the early development of pancreatic cancer, shedding light on how lifestyle factors contribute to one of the deadliest malignancies.

Journal: Molecular Cancer Research
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research

10-Mar-2025

Cryo-electron microscopy reveals hidden mechanics of DNA replication, sheds new light on cancer target

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MSK researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer.

Journal: Science
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Cancer Institute

10-Mar-2025

Study: Tuberculosis relies on protective genes during airborne transmission

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen’s survival when it’s exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be targets for new therapies that simultaneously treat infection and prevent transmission.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Abby and Howard P. Milstein Program in Chemical Biology and Translational Medicine, Potts Memorial Foundation, National Science Foundation Center for Analysis and Prediction of Pandemic Expansion, Inditex, NASA Translational Research Institute for Space Health, Analog Devices, Inc

10-Mar-2025

Can AI tell us if those Zoom calls are flowing smoothly? New study gives a thumbs up

New York University
Reports and Proceedings

A team of NYU scientists has developed an AI model that can identify aspects of human behavior in videoconferences, such as conversational turn-taking and facial actions, and predict, in real-time, whether or not the meetings are seen as enjoyable and fluid—comfortable and flowing rather than awkward and marked by stilted turn-taking—based on these behaviors.

Funder: NIH/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders