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This week in medicine: more pancreatic cancer progress, a best-in-class ulcerative colitis drug, and more

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5 highlights from the biggest cancer conference in the world
I spent the last week in beautiful Chicago at the biggest cancer conference in the world (ASCO: the American Society of Clinical Oncology).
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This week in medicine: new drug classes, and progress for disease prevention
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NK-cell immunotherapy was developed for oncology, but may take off elsewhere
A story on the limits of current immunotherapy in cancer, new developments and pivoting cancer treatments to other diseases, highlighting a great…
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This week in medicine: guided cancer therapy, a new Alzheimer's trial, and more
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Progress in medicine this week: a breakthrough cardiac drug, a new cancer drug, and more...
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Progress in medicine this week: GLP1s for addiction; fixing hair loss; and more
It was a busy week in biomedicine, it is difficult to keep up!
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This week's medical progress (including the first gene therapy for genetic hearing loss)
5 breakthroughs in medicine this week
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A breakthrough week for KRAS inhibitors
... and factor XI inhibitors, and HER2 inhibitors
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Medical breakthroughs this week (including a better, potentially curative, sickle cell therapy)
Progress in medicine is fast!
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