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What Are Heat Shock Protein (HSP) 90 Inhibitors and How May They Help Fight Lung Cancer?
Wed, 08/27/2014 - 06:00
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"HSP 90 inhibitors are a really cool class of drugs..." states Dr. Melissa Johnson of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center as she describes what researchers are learning about these drugs still in early development. February 2014.

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