Four NCI-designated cancer centers—Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins—have joined together and secured funding from AWS, Deloitte, Microsoft, and NVIDIA, to create the Cancer AI Alliance.Â
Qure.ai has announced the completion of a $65 million Series D funding round. The investment will expedite expansion into the U.S. market and other countries, increase investment in foundational AI models, and enable complementary med-tech company acquisitions.
Researchers from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center were awarded a $3 million grant from NIHÂ to improve follow-up care for colorectal cancer screening in underserved populations.
The Robert J. Kleberg Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation awarded a $1 million grant to support research at Vanderbilt aimed at dramatically expanding the efficacy of immunotherapy for colorectal cancer.Â
Scientists at the University of Oxford are designing OvarianVax, a vaccine which teaches the immune system to recognise and attack the earliest stages of ovarian cancer. The team will receive up to £600,000 (approximately US$800,000) for the study over the next three years to support lab research into the vaccine.
Sanya A. Springfield will join the Office of the NCI Director as an acting deputy director, charged with broadening and strengthening cancer health equity and inclusion programs, effective in the coming weeks.
Judith O. Hopkins, of Southeast Clinical Oncology, a group of community physicians operating in the southeastern United States, won the 2024 Harry Hynes award, which is given annually to the PI who reflects the outstanding contribution to clinical trials and community research.
Drs. Melissa Pilewskie (left) and Monika Burness, co-leads of the Weiser Family Center for Breast CancerPhoto credit: Michigan MedicineThe Weiser Charitable Foundation donated $25 million to support the establishment the Weiser Family Center for Breast Cancer at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center.Â
Cure4Cancer and the Bloomberg New Economy Cancer Coalition published its latest study in Cancer Discovery on the global access and participation in oncology clinical trials, a first of its kind analysis through a multi-stakeholder collaboration.Â
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) plan to introduce the Health Care Affordability Act of 2024, which would make permanent the Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits that help make health insurance coverage affordable for an estimated 20 million people.Â
