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Pfizer Turns to Health Social Network to Find Patients With Rare Lung Cancer Genetic Variants

Oct 27, 2020
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Alison Kanski
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NEW YORK – In the pursuit of new genetic targets for lung cancer treatments, researchers at Pfizer have teamed up with Boston Children's Hospital, genetic research company Citizen Genetics, and Inspire, a social network for patients and caregivers, to recruit difficult-to-find patients who may have a genetic resilience to the disease.

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