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How Targeted Cancer Drugs Disrupt the Cell Cycle

PLOS: DNA Science

Science journalists might better communicate drug mechanisms to consumers. A “DNA damage checkpoint” rests the cell cycle while special proteins repair damaged DNA. After passing safety tests, Gleevec worked so well that it set a new record for drug approval—10 weeks, on May 10, 2001.

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