Marshall Edwards Announces Publication of Pre-Clinical Study Showing Activity in Chemotherapy-Resistant Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells

Marshall Edwards, Inc.MSHL announced the publication of results from a pre-clinical study of NV-128 showing activity in chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer stem cells. NV-128 is the prodrug of the Company's investigational compound and lead mitochondrial inhibitor drug candidate, NV-344. The publication, entitled "Targeting the mitochondria activates two independent cell death pathways in the ovarian cancer stem cells," is available on the Molecular Cancer Therapeutics website and scheduled to print in the August issue of the journal. An abstract can be found at www.marshalledwardsinc.com/our-programs/scientific-publications. "A major obstacle in the successful treatment of ovarian cancer is disease recurrence due in part to the outgrowth of chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer stem cells," said senior author Gil Mor, M.D., Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine. "This study shows that NV-128 can specifically target the mitochondriain patient-derived ovarian cancer stem cells to induce cell death in an otherwise chemo-resistant cell population. We believe these encouraging data provide sufficient proof of concept to warrant further study in ovarian cancer patients."