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  • First test of anti-cancer agent PAC-1 in human clinical trials shows promise

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    Illinois professor of veterinary clinical medicine Dr. Timothy Fan, left, and chemistry professor Paul Hergenrother. The U. of I. team found that the compound PAC-1 has therapeutic potential in pet dogs with spontaneously occurring cancers. The animal studies set the stage for the human clinical trials.

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  • Editor’s notes:   

    To reach Dr. Arkadiusz Dudek, email adudek021@outlook.com.

    To reach Dr. Oana Danciu, email ocdanciu@uic.edu.

    To reach Paul Hergenrother, email hergenro@illinois.edu.

    To reach Timothy Fan, email t-fan@illinois.edu.

    The paper “Phase I study of procaspase-activating compound-1 (PAC-1) in the treatment of advanced malignancies” is available online and from the U. of I. News Bureau.

    DOI: 10.1038/s41416-022-02089-7