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University of Mississippi Medical Center

Anti-cancer drug discovery partnership formed between UMMC and Ole Miss

Published in Clinical Trials Week, May 30th, 2011

2011 MAY 30 -- JACKSON, Miss. - A new partnership to search for cancer-fighting drugs combines compound-identification and screening expertise at the University of Mississippi's National Center for Natural Products Research with the drug development and clinical-trials capabilities at the University of Mississippi Medical Center Cancer Institute.

An agreement announced between the Oxford-based NCNPR and the Cancer Institute in Jackson creates the Drug Discovery Core, which will be directed by Dr. David Pasco, assistant director of the Natural Products Center and research professor in pharmacognosy.

The drug discovery process begins at...

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