Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Direct RAS inhibitors turn 10

 Ostrem, J.M.L., Peters, U. & Shokat, K.M

 Nat Chem Biol (2024). 

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-024-01691-5

RAS proteins, central drivers of cancer, appeared ‘undruggable’ for almost 30 years. Here we provide a personal perspective on the effort leading to our initial report of KRASG12C inhibitors in 2013, and the decade of discoveries that followed.



Direct RAS inhibitors turn 10

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