Two Mutant Brothers: Why One Gene Change Can Alter Lung Cancer's Fate
Cancer cells are like broken cars: one glitch makes them drive without stopping. In the KRAS gene, such glitches happen most often. But glitches come in different flavors: the wrong amino acid can sit in one spot of the protein, and that determines how the tumor behaves.
In the new study, two such glitches were compared: G12C and G12D.