Scientists identify a potential target to treat lung cancer

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In cancer, personalized medicine takes advantage of the unique genetic changes in an individual tumor to find its vulnerabilities and fight it. Many tumors have a higher number of mutations due to a antiviral defense mechanism, the APOBEC system, which can accidentally damage DNA and cause mutations.

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