What Are Heat Shock Protein (HSP) 90 Inhibitors and How May They Help Fight Lung Cancer?

GRACEcast Lung Cancer Video by cancerGRACE - H. Jack West, MD

Jun 23, 201402:17Science & Medicine

"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 develo...

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