Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: New Approaches Needed

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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: New Approaches Needed

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Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) was transformed from a fatal disease to a chronic condition by the development of a drug known as imatinib, which targets the protein that drives this disease (BCR-A

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sciencedaily.com — “The drug imatinib transformed chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) from a fatal disease to a chronic condition. However, imatinib must be taken lifelong, because it fails to kill a residual number of CML cells. New research, has now determined why these cells don't respond to imatinib -- they do not need the protein imatinib targets for their survival. Therefore, new approaches are needed if further advances are to be made in the care of CML patients.View full resource at sciencedaily.com

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