CAROLYN BRITTEN was named director of the Hematology/Oncology Division at the Medical University of South Carolina. She will continue her role as associate director for clinical investigations at the MUSC Hollings Cancer Center.
In the absence of the federal funding, cancer research will be leaning on private funders. But few private funders have the freedom to ask fundamental questions—questions whose answers may not have an immediate clinical impact but can dramatically advance scientific knowledge.
