The CML's figures confirm the picture portrayed by the latest figures on the property market.
"I think this could be used for 95% of patients with CML--if it works, " he says.
Since some CML patients live a long time, testing for survival would be difficult.
But as little as 5% of CML patients taking Gleevec see their cancer completely disappear.
House sales and mortgage lending should rise next year, says the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
In 2010, the average deposit, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), was 23%.
More than three-fourths of CML cases, according to some studies, retreat when hit with Gleevec.
Now living with a rare, chronic form of leukemia (CML) diagnosed three years ago.
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The only cure for CML, which afflicts 25, 000 adults in the U.S., is a bone marrow transplant.
The CML's outlook echoes those of other commentators, such as the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).
"Patients with CML will take some pills and essentially live a normal life, " says Hagop Kantarjian, of M.
The CML said the number of first-time buyers rose by 12% to 216, 000, the highest number since 2007.
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The CML said sales had already risen this year, and should increase again in 2013, to about 950, 000.
In total, there were 49, 500 home loans advanced for house purchases in October, the CML figures show.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said a steady increase in lending for house purchases signalled more activity.
During April 69% of all new home loans were at fixed-rates, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
This was still 5% higher than the same month a year earlier, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said.
But the CML said that sentiment was still positive and it expected matters to improve over the coming months.
The most recent figures from the CML, for March 2011, show the average deposit in the UK was 21%.
Researchers weren't focusing on leukemia, but one compound they produced could disable the defective protein made by the CML gene.
"The growth of GIST cells is driven by a similar abnormality that drives the growth of CML cells, " said Druker.
"The underlying picture for house purchase activity has been relatively buoyant in recent months, " said CML chief economist Bob Pannell.
It covers the whole of the UK and is based on data supplied by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
The CML said that the effect of this move to ease the credit crisis was yet to be felt by borrowers.
"If this targeted cancer therapy approach works in GIST and CML, it will work in each and every tumor, " predicted Druker.
The CML and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) will make this a specific requirement in their books of rules.
"We are introducing these measures to help sustain confidence in the market for newly-built properties, " said CML director general Michael Coogan.
The CML also reported a 20% decline in the number of remortgaging deals, down from 44, 000 in January to 35, 000 in February.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are amongst the leading voices now calling for delay.
The amount of money being lent to UK homebuyers fell last month, according to figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
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