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Pancreatic cancer: Trial drug MRK003 shows promise (BBC)
Scientists say they may have found a new weapon against pancreatic cancer after promising early trial results of an experimental drug combination.
Giving the chemotherapy agent gemcitabine with an experimental drug called MRK003 sets off a chain of events that ultimately kills cancer cells, studies in mice show.
Patients are now testing the treatment to see if it will work for them.
The Cancer Research UK-funded trials are being carried out in Cambridge.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17095753
