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Journal of hematology & oncology: A journal open to all

Delong Liu email

Associate Professor of Medicine, New York Medical College, Munger Pavilion 250, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA

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Journal of Hematology & Oncology 2008, 1:1doi:10.1186/1756-8722-1-1

Published: 28 May 2008

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Paul Ehrlich prophesied "magic bullet" in early 1900 [1], but it was not until 1975 that Kohler and Milstein developed the hybridoma technology [2]. Since then hematology and oncology have become closely intertwined and rapidly evolving fields. New findings from laboratory-based research are rapidly being turned into clinical applications. Within less than a decade, targeted therapy has become a treatment of choice for many diseases, with imatinib and rituximab representing the many recent major breakthroughs in cancer therapy [3,4].


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