SPOTLIGHT
Dr. Launa Aspeslet
Local not-for-profit with pharmacy roots runs cancer clinical trials around the world
BUILDING ON GAME-CHANGING BREAST CANCER TRIALS, TRIO IS NOW TESTING DRUGS FOR BREAST, LUNG, OVARIAN, LIVER AND GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER BY GILLIAN RUTHERFORD (Originally published by Folio)
A not-for-profit research group with University of Alberta roots is quietly taking its place in the major leagues of global cancer drug testing. When promising new cancer treatments are ready for trial in humans, researchers from around the world turn to Edmonton-based TRIO (Translational Research in Oncology) to run their clinical trials.
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