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  • Today, clinical trials are underway using a failed cancer drug named lonafarnib that promises to block some of the progeria mutation's effect.

    Push to spur more drugs for deadly rare diseases 2011

  • Today, clinical trials are underway using a failed cancer drug named lonafarnib that promises to block some of the progeria mutation's effect.

    Push to spur more drugs for deadly rare diseases 2011

  • In that case, a researcher might not uncover the mutation's effect unless she found the relevant trigger.

    Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001

  • One, the mutation's never been cleared for Altair and two, they absolutely cannot be allowed to crossbreed.

    The Rowan McCaffrey, Anne 1990

  • Today, clinical trials are underway using a failed cancer drug named lonafarnib that promises to block some of the progeria mutation's effect.

    USATODAY.com News 2011

  • And it turns out the mutation's effect on a growth-signaling pathway in the body also leads to resistance to cancer and diabetes.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • And it turns out the mutation's effect on a growth-signaling pathway in the body also leads to resistance to cancer and diabetes.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Since the earlier discovery of the JAK2 mutation's role in MPNs, many companies have pursued the development of inhibitors of the pathway as a treatment option for these patients.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • But University of Berkeley researchers suggest smallpox is a likely cause for the mutation's spread.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • They concluded that "a diverse group of infectious disease, rather than a single, deadly pathogen," may have been the driving force behind the mutation's prevalence.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

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