Download or read book The Philadelphia Chromosome written by Jessica Wapner and published by The Experiment. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the history of a genetic mutation, discovered in 1959, that causes chronic myeloid leukemia, and traces the research and breakthroughs that led to the creation of a drug that makes this once-fatal illness now treatable.