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Drug-Resistance Mutations Find Strength in Small Numbers

JUN 03, 2024
A new model, vetted by experiments on lung cancer cells, may help to explain how cancer and other diseases accumulate drug-resistance mutations that can compromise the effectiveness of treatments.

DOI: 10.1103/Physics.17.90

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