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  • We should be spending the same amount of money on health and disease as we spend on AI. Ogogogogogo
    by onesandofgrain
  • Please remember that science is under attack in the United States - new proposals would gut the nih even beyond the horror that is ongoing. As a scientist I am horrified and I truly hope that we don’t abandon the usas historically strong investment in the future.
    by pdar4123
  • The study this article references is here: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06625320
    by variety8675
  • This cancer is a pain. My father was extremely lucky, and was diagnosed early. Next up was months of chemo that left him to be a shell of himself. Then he could be operated. They removed parts of his stomach, his spleen and duodenum. And his whole pancreas.

    Complications after his surgery meant he had two more. He is now, three weeks after the first operation learning to walk again. It will be an additional week or two untill he can eat. (Without the complication he would have been walking and eating two weeks after the first operation). Oh and he is a diabetic now, since they removed his pancreas.

    Just crossing my fingers that he will get out of the hospital without any more complications, and adapt to the new life.

    by fastasucan
  • Horrible disease. We just buried my wife’s father because of stage 4 pancreatic cancer. A month ago, he was still living his life as usual. Then he developed abdominal pain, was diagnosed, and died three weeks later.

    I think we should also invest more in better diagnostics and early cancer detection. That could save many lives too.

    by aurisl
  • To offer context for others:

    The bigger deal about this is that KRAS was considered an "undruggable" target.

    Recent advancements have allowed us to design biologics to do things we previously thought impossible, which broadens the horizons for other treatments in the future.

    Baby steps.

    by gavinray
  • I was fortunate to participate in the trial for this drug for over a year. It is nothing short of a miracle drug (although there is still more that can be done). I was forced to withdraw after the drug lost its effectiveness and my disease progressed. That said, though, for over a year all of my tumors either disappeared, shrank, or remained stable. For a disease that was largely considered a near-immediate death sentence, this drug is an absolute game change. I am eternally grateful for the scientists and researchers at RevMed.
    by pharaohgeek
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    by ispeters

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