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. 2019 Sep 19;179(1):8-12.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.08.027. Epub 2019 Sep 10.

Herceptin: A First Assault on Oncogenes that Launched a Revolution

Charles L Sawyers  1
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Herceptin: A First Assault on Oncogenes that Launched a Revolution

Charles L Sawyers. Cell. .
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Abstract

This year's Lasker Clinical Research Award honors H. Michael Shepard, Dennis J. Slamon, and Axel Ullrich for their invention of Herceptin, the first monoclonal antibody that blocks a cancer-causing protein, and for its development as a life-saving therapy for women with breast cancer.

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