CPRIT gives $52M in grants to advance cancer research in Texas

Noncoding RNA molecule plays surprising role in senescence

A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has discovered a new way that cells regulate senescence, an irreversible end to cell division.

July 19, 2024

Vol.50 No.29

Capitol Hill

House GOP leaders propose “streamlining” NIH into 15 institutes and centers
Plan calls for slashing ARPA-H, adding oversight to infectious disease research

Two Republican leaders in the House of Representatives have published a “framework” for reforming NIH—consolidating the agency’s 27 institutes and centers into 15—arguing that a fundamental rethinking of NIH’s structure would fix what they describe as a “system rife with stagnant leadership, as well as research duplication, gaps, and misconduct.”

June 21, 2024

Vol.50 No.25

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

In Brief

Wistar Institute receives $10M donation

The Wistar Institute received a $10 million donation from an anonymous donor who previously committed $20 million to support Wistar’s new Center for Advanced Therapeutics.

June 21, 2024

Vol.50 No.25

NCI Director's Report

NCI faces prospect of an 11% cut in FY25—another setback in a period of tight budgets and sliding paylines

After a year of lean appropriations, NCI is looking at what threatens to be a budgetary cataclysm—a potential 10-11% cut to the Labor-HHS spending bill in fiscal year 2025.

June 14, 2024

Vol.50 No.24

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

In Brief

Oana Danciu named Big Ten CRC steering committee chair

Oana Danciu, associate director for clinical research at the University of Illinois Cancer Center, was appointed by the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium as chair of its steering committee.

June 14, 2024

Vol.50 No.24

In Brief

Fox Chase received a total of $20M from Marvin and Concetta Greenberg

Fox Chase Cancer Center received a gift of $10.8 million from the Estate of Concetta “Chet” Greenberg. This gift is the culmination of many years of support, bringing Greenberg’s total giving to nearly $20 million for pancreatic cancer research at Fox Chase.

June 14, 2024

Vol.50 No.24

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Noncoding RNA molecule plays surprising role in senescence

House GOP leaders propose “streamlining” NIH into 15 institutes and centersPlan calls for slashing ARPA-H, adding oversight to infectious disease research

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NCI faces prospect of an 11% cut in FY25—another setback in a period of tight budgets and sliding paylines

Oana Danciu named Big Ten CRC steering committee chair

Fox Chase received a total of $20M from Marvin and Concetta Greenberg

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House GOP leaders propose “streamlining” NIH into 15 institutes and centers
Plan calls for slashing ARPA-H, adding oversight to infectious disease research