Last summer, players in a marathon baseball game raised more than $486,000 to support human trials of a promising new cancer drug, PCLX-001.
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In August, 56 volunteers in Sherwood Park, Alta., played a marathon baseball game, raising more than $486,000 to support human trials of a promising new cancer drug, PCLX-001. Based on a U of A Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry finding, the drug shuts down abnormal chemical signalling in many common cancers and triggers those cells to die, but spares the healthy cells. The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundation matched donations dollar for dollar up to $250,000 toward the total raised for the Cure Cancer Foundation. Carrying the fight against cancer to the outdoor rink, watch for a 10-day, around-the-clock, World's Longest Hockey Game to hit the ice in 2021.