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New Research Reveals How Air Pollution May Trigger Lung Cancer

XTalks

Having a mutation in one copy of either the EGFR and/or KRAS gene isn’t enough to lead to lung cancer. Most cancers follow the double-hit model where a mutation in the second copy of the gene is required for the cancer to form. The Double Hit. The new research shows that air pollutants can be that ‘second hit.’

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Bayer to present latest research across its advancing oncology portfolio at AACR 2023 Annual Meeting

The Pharma Data

Another key focus at Bayer is on innovative precision oncology treatments, with an approved TRK inhibitor exclusively designed to treat tumors that have an NTRK gene fusion, the oncogenic driver of tumor growth and spread. About Bayer Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of health care and nutrition.

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HFpEF vs. HFrEF: How To Improve Heart Failure Drug Development

XTalks

New advances in heart failure genomics are helping to address this challenge. Experts from Servier and Genuity Science recently spoke on a webinar about using genomics data to drive drug development in heart failure and identify new targets for novel therapeutics. Watch this on-demand webinar to hear from these experts.

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How biomarkers can help discover new treatments for women’s health

Drug Discovery World

We previously conducted a hypothesis-free study using genotype data from the UK Biobank, which resulted in the first mechanism-based stratification of endometriosis patients. SG: Chronic diseases, like endometriosis, are polygenic, caused by a complex interplay of multiple genes and other factors.

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