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University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute gets NCI preclinical research contract

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THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE, partnered with UPMC CancerCancer, received a contract from NCI to perform preclinical research for the development of new cancer drugs. This commitment could bring up to $10 million in research projects to UPCI over the next five years.

Julie Eiseman, professor of pharmacology and chemical biology, and Jan Beumer, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences and medicine, will serve as co-principal investigators on the research contract. They also hold a previous NCI preclinical contract, which will conclude next year. The researchers do not yet know specifically what potential drugs they’ll be investigating or in which indications.

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