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Weekly reads: KRAS G12C, eLife journal controversy, bird iPSCs

If you've never heard of the KRAS G12C mutation, it's a particularly frightening mutation present in numerous cancers. Like the MYC oncogene, many people view mutations in RAS as undruggable, but new efforts show some glimmers of hope. The drug Sotorasib has been approved by the FDA to target the KRAS G12C mutation. Here's a new item over at Nature …
KRAS mutations, KRAS G12C

Funny autocorrect fails in STEM: the gremlin organdy fiasco

Germline gremlins, funny autocorrect fails
Today's post is on the lighter side with some humor on funny autocorrect fails related to science. It's surprising sometimes how far certain tools can lag behind cutting-edge science. Spellcheck tools are useful, of course, but they don't always know what to do with STEM words. The same is true of tools like Grammarly, although it tends to be better than …