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Nature Cell Biology 8, 785–786 (1 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/ncb0806-785

Eph tumour suppression: the dark side of Gleevec

Jean Y. J. Wang

One of the most celebrated triumphs of basic cancer research in recent years has been the development of Gleevec for chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) therapy. The active ingredient in Gleevec (imatinib myselate, also known as STI571) inhibits the oncogenic BCR–ABL tyrosine kinase in CML cells.