Researchers from Indiana University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center were awarded a $4.1 million NCI Cancer Moonshot grant to develop immunotherapy treatments for cancer in children and adolescents, especially those with leukemia. Sophie Paczesny, professor of pediatrics, microbiology, and immunology at IU School of Medicine and researcher at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren...
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.
