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Bud and Yvonne
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Diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), Bud noticed an article in the newspaper on Brian Druker's research. Bud and his wife Yvonne contacted Druker in 1996, and Bud was the first patient to receive the drug STI-571 (Gleevec) in clinical trials.
Keywords:
chronic myeloid leukemia,brian druker,drug sti,recovery thanks,gleevec,cml,yvonne,bud,leukemia,clinical trials
This work by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.Related content:
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