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Cover Story
By Matthew Bin Han Ong
Photo courtesy of Research!AmericaThe Research!America 2018 Advocacy Awards Dinner at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium March 14On March 14, beneath the soaring ceiling of the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) faced a constellation of round tables at the Research!America 2018 Advocacy Awards Dinner.
In Brief
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Funding Opportunities
Clinical Roundup
Drugs & Targets
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NCI Trials
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NCI Trials for March
The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program approved the following clinical research studies last month.
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