There is increasing evidence that the aberrant activity of numerous members of the Ras superfamily of small GTPases contributes to cancer growth, invasion and metastasis. Unlike the frequent direct ...

RAS genes constitute the most regularly mutated oncogene family in cancer. Indeed, RAS genes constituted the most regularly mutated oncogenes in the top three causes of cancer deaths in the US in 2016 ...

A research team led by MSK physician-scientist Dr. Piro Lito discovered that certain inhibitors can short-circuit the out-of-control signaling caused by mutations that fuel cancer growth. Each year, ...

In accordance with the features of RAS protein function essential for RAS-dependent cancer growth (membrane association, GTP binding, effector signaling), a variety of logical directions have been ...