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Druker and colleagues: selective inhibition of Bcr–Abl-positive cells

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Cancer therapeutics · EXPERIMENT

Reference score130,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

Showed selective inhibition of Bcr-Abl-positive cells, tumors and CML colony formation.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact eight-author 1996 Nature Medicine paper. It is preclinical and ex vivo evidence, not the later STI571 phase-1 trial, randomized comparison, durable-outcome evidence or proof that every BCR–ABL-positive disease responds.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact eight-author 1996 Nature Medicine paper. It is preclinical and ex vivo evidence, not the later STI571 phase-1 trial, randomized comparison, durable-outcome evidence or proof that every BCR–ABL-positive disease responds.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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