Amgen finds a way to target a cancer protein thought 'undruggable' - STAT

Amgen finds a way to target a cancer protein thought 'undruggable' - STAT

Shaped like a tennis ball, this cancer protein was thought ‘undruggable.’ Amgen found a way to target it

By ADAM FEUERSTEIN

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Amgen reports early but potential progress in an effort to block mutant KRAS — whose featureless structure is like a tennis ball — and kill cancer cells.

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