Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Two years after a stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis, Alfonzo Grafton reflects on his life growing up in Durham and the clinical trial that changed his life. Alfonzo was the first patient to receive an experimental medication targeting the PCSK9 protein—part of an NIH-funded study at the Duke Cancer Institute.

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