"The chronic phase of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is characterized by the expression of the chimeric BCR-ABL gene, extended survival, and profligate growth of maturing granulocyte stemline. It provided the rationale for producing first imatinib and then a series of small molecules designed to inhibit the tyrosine kinase activity of the BCR-ABL oncoprotein, all of which can induce complete cyto ...