Consistent with published reports [5, 15], we verified Mcl-1 abundance in the acquired VEN-R cells (R) compared to the VEN-S (S) cells of AML as well as in our previously established lymphoid VEN-R diffused large B-Cell lymphoma (DLBCL) cells (Fig. 1B) [7, 13]. Here, MCL1 is linked to acute myeloid leukemia.