KU Cancer Center receives $100 million for a research and outpatient building

California Institute of Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research: A promise broken?

Approximately 21 years ago, I had the privilege of working and helping to pass Proposition 71, which authorized $3 billion dollars in state bonds to fund stem cell research in California.

CPRIT approves more than $15M in new funding for cancer research and recruitment

The governing board of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas met in Austin and approved more than $15 million in CPRIT Scholar recruitment grants to bring five new cancer scientists to four Texas research institutions.

February 20, 2026

Vol.52 No.07

In Brief

KU Medical Center, KU Health System, Children’s Mercy, and BAMF Health to team up to develop theranostics platform

The University of Kansas Health System, the University of Kansas Medical Center, Children’s Mercy, and Bold Advanced Medical Future Health announced their intentions to establish one of the nation’s first fully integrated theranostics platforms for both adult and pediatric patients—bringing advanced research, diagnostics, and targeted treatments together in one place.

February 20, 2026

Vol.52 No.07

In Brief

Indiana University receives $5M grant to expand breast cancer diagnosis, care in Kenya

The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center has been awarded a $5 million grant from the Pfizer Foundation to expand access to timely breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, and care in Kenya.

February 20, 2026

Vol.52 No.07

Podcast

Lowy fields questions about peer review at inaugural meeting of the new NCAB ad hoc working group

With NCI Director Anthony Letai in Milan supporting his daughter, Julie, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, Douglas R. Lowy, principal deputy director of NCI, took on the job of delivering detailed remarks and fielding questions at the inaugural meeting of the NCAB’s ad hoc working group on Extramural Research Concepts and Programs.

February 18, 2026

Capitol Hill

After a brief government shutdown, FY26 funding bill is signed into law
NIH gets $415M raise, NCI gets $128M more, CDMRP funding largely restored

On Feb. 3, the House of Representatives passed the Senate Amendment to H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, by a vote of 217 to 214. Later that day, President Donald Trump signed the bill into law, officially ending the brief partial government shutdown that began on Jan. 31.

February 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.05

By Jacquelyn Cobb

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KU Cancer Center receives $100 million for a research and outpatient building

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN

California Institute of Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research: A promise broken?

CPRIT approves more than $15M in new funding for cancer research and recruitment

KU Medical Center, KU Health System, Children’s Mercy, and BAMF Health to team up to develop theranostics platform

Indiana University receives $5M grant to expand breast cancer diagnosis, care in Kenya

Lowy fields questions about peer review at inaugural meeting of the new NCAB ad hoc working group

After a brief government shutdown, FY26 funding bill is signed into lawNIH gets $415M raise, NCI gets $128M more, CDMRP funding largely restored

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After a brief government shutdown, FY26 funding bill is signed into law
NIH gets $415M raise, NCI gets $128M more, CDMRP funding largely restored