Elicio Therapeutics and Angion enter into merger agreement to advance cancer vaccine

Senate Finance Committee advances RFK Jr. to likely confirmation, with Bill Cassidy (R-LA) casting the deciding vote

Robert F. Kenedy Jr., an antivaccine advocate and President Trump’s MAHA nominee, has cleared a key hurdle to be confirmed as secretary of Health and Human Services.

February 07, 2025

Vol.51 No.05

By Claire Marie Porter

Clinical Roundup

Cancer vaccine shows promise for patients with stage 3 and 4 kidney cancer

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers report that all nine patients in a clinical trial being treated for stage 3 or 4 clear cell renal cell carcinoma generated a successful anti-cancer immune response after initiation of a personalized cancer vaccine.

February 07, 2025

Vol.51 No.05

Capitol Hill

With a spotlight on vaccines, abortion, Medicaid and Medicare, RFK Jr. goes before the Senate
The MAHA nominee trumpets radical transparency, but offers little clarity on his new agenda

In two raucous back-to-back hearings on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, anti-vaccine crusader Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled by members of the United States Senate Finance Committee and the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee as the Trump administration seeks his confirmation as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

January 31, 2025

Vol.51 No.04

By Claire Marie Porter

Capitol Hill

As Trump’s second term nears, Republican support for NIH is at a low point
By stonewalling GOP in the House, Biden’s HHS officials eroded bipartisan support for biomedical research

The Biden administration has left NIH in a weakened state, intensifying politicization of science on Capitol Hill and eroding the bipartisan support the government’s premier biomedical research agency has traditionally enjoyed.

Argonne National Laboratory receives $22M from ARPA-H to accelerate cancer therapy, vaccine discoveries using AI

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory will use its world-leading capabilities in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing to research novel ways to fight cancer and advance vaccine discovery.

November 22, 2024

Vol.50 No.44

In Brief

Fred Hutch, UW, and Seattle Children’s consortium researchers receive $1.7M from Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Six Fred Hutch/University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium scientists received $1.7M in grants from Breast Cancer Research Foundation to launch or continue studies aimed at improving outcomes in breast cancer.

November 15, 2024

Vol.50 No.43

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Senate Finance Committee advances RFK Jr. to likely confirmation, with Bill Cassidy (R-LA) casting the deciding vote

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With a spotlight on vaccines, abortion, Medicaid and Medicare, RFK Jr. goes before the Senate
The MAHA nominee trumpets radical transparency, but offers little clarity on his new agenda

As Trump’s second term nears, Republican support for NIH is at a low point
By stonewalling GOP in the House, Biden’s HHS officials eroded bipartisan support for biomedical research