Thursday, 29 May 2014

Drug Resistance Due to Tiny Mutation in Certain Leukemia Patients

The exact process of chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients developing resistance to ibrutinib, a highly effective, precisely targeted anti-cancer drug, has been understood by a multi-institutional team of researchers. In a correspondence published online May 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine, they show how the mutation triggers resistance. Their finding could guide development of new agents to treat drug-resistant disease. Ibrutinib received accelerated ...

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