Attacking cancer at its root.

Thompson, Craig B · Cell · 2009

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

This year the Lasker DeBakey Clinical Research Award will be shared by Brian Druker, Nicholas Lydon, and Charles Sawyers for their development of a targeted molecular therapy for treating chronic myeloid leukemia. Their work demonstrated the ability of drugs directed against cancer-causing oncogenes to turn a rapidly fatal malignancy into a manageable chronic disease.

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