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Validating cancer drug targets through chemical genetics.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Dec 2010
Burkard Mark E, Jallepalli Prasad V
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Targeted therapies for cancer promise to revolutionize treatment by specifically inactivating pathways needed for the growth of tumor cells. The most prominent example of such therapy is imatinib (Gleevec), which targets the BCR-ABL kinase and provides an effective low-toxicity treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia. This success has spawned myriad efforts to develop similarly targeted drugs for other...
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