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BTK inhibitors have transformed the lives of many patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and other lymphomas. These drugs "exploded" onto the scene in 2013-2014 and have fundamentally changed the way we treat the disease. What many people don't know is how it all happened..
In 2004 I became convinced that turning off B-cell receptor signaling would cause cancerous b-cells to stop growing. This theory came into focus based upon an understanding of epstein barr virus protein LMP2A, EBV relationship to Hodgkin lymphoma, and other breadcrumbs
I decided the best way to turn off the receptor would be to use drugs which shut off the signaling pathways emanating from the B cell receptor - notably SYK.
Fortunately Ron Levy M.D. of Stanford was willing to let me test the hypothesis in the laboratory
Fortunately Ron Levy M.D. of Stanford was willing to let me test the hypothesis in the laboratory
