Brian Druker
Brian Druker · Science & Medicine
Oncologist who developed imatinib (Gleevec), a breakthrough targeted therapy for leukemia.
1955, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
United States
Brian Druker is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Oncologist who developed imatinib (Gleevec), a breakthrough targeted therapy for leukemia.
Born into a Jewish family of Eastern European descent, Druker is a physician-scientist at Oregon Health & Science University. Convinced that a specific molecular defect could be targeted, he championed and clinically proved imatinib (Gleevec), which blocks the abnormal BCR-ABL enzyme driving chronic myeloid leukaemia — turning a fatal disease into a manageable one and launching the era of targeted cancer therapy. He is Jewish.
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Oncologist who developed imatinib (Gleevec), a breakthrough targeted therapy for leukemia.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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