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Cancer Drug Tested in Pet Dogs is Now Bound for Human Trials

July 20, 2013

Cancer Drug Tested in Pet Dogs is Now Bound for Human Trials

Thanks to a new $2 million investment, a drug that spurs cancer cells to self-destruct while sparing healthy cells is on the road to human clinical trials. The compound, known as PAC-1, has so far proven safe and has promising anti-cancer effects in cell culture, in mouse models of cancer and in pet dogs with spontaneously occurring lymphomas and osteosarcomas.


July 20, 2013


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