Compound Halts Common Type of Drug-resistant Lung Cancer (IMAGE)

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Compound Halts Common Type of Drug-resistant Lung Cancer

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Mutant selective EGFR kinase inhibitor (WZ4002) bound to EGFR containing the EGFR T790M Tarceva resistance mutation (purple area), which resides inside the EGFR protein (orange structure).

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Eric Smith, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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