/chemistry/taxonomy/term/353/all en /chemistry/channels/news/palladiumii-dithiocarbamates-anticancer-metallodrugs-future-264335 <p>Most chemistry students are well aware of the anticancer properties of cisplatin, cis-Pt(NH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>,  as a result of the pioneering work of Professor Barnett Rosenberg and his colleagues at the Michigan State University in the late 1960s. Over the years, this simple Pt(II) coordination complex and some structurally closely related ones have become the FDA-approved drugs of choice for cancer treatment, especially ovarian and testicular cancers.</p> Wed, 23 Nov 2016 21:04:11 +0000 audrey.moores@mcgill.ca 952 at /chemistry