NCI renews the UC San Diego Moores CCSG, committing $25M

House bill gives NCI $7.4 billion in FY 2027—$110 million above current budget

On June 9, the House Appropriations Committee passed its version of the fiscal year 2027 spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education.

June 12, 2026

Vol.52 No.23

By Paul Goldberg

As his Senate testimony alleged danger from mRNA COVID vaccine, El-Deiry had an offer to run NCI Frederick lab
The job offer to run the lab—home to virus research, RAS Initiative, and data science—was quickly rescinded

Last week, Wafik El-Deiry, a cancer researcher at Brown University, showed up at a Senate hearing to talk about what he sees as dangers of the COVID-19 vaccine.

NCI selects UChicago Medicine as a lead site for clinical trials

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has been granted a six-year, $5 million grant from NCI.

June 12, 2026

Vol.52 No.23

Clinical Roundup

AI model links tumor mutations to treatment response, UCSD study finds

An artificial intelligence model may be able to translate a tumor’s complex genetic profile into predictions about how that cancer may respond to treatment, according to a study conducted by researchers at University of California San Diego.

May 29, 2026

Vol.52 No.21

Podcast

As FDA’s wheels almost entirely come off, NCI remains sturdy—a cancer moonshot may even be on the horizon

While every agency under HHS, particularly FDA, has seen historic leadership shakeups and massive cuts to personnel and funding over the course of the second Trump administration—NCI has been spared, even getting a small raise, under the direction of NCI Director Anthony Letai.

May 27, 2026

Capitol Hill NCI

NCI’s Letai gets softball questions from Senate appropriators at an otherwise contentious hearing

NCI has been getting what seems to be less austere treatment compared to its NIH counterparts.

May 22, 2026

Vol.52 No.20

By Jacquelyn Cobb

NCI renews the UC San Diego Moores CCSG, committing $25M

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NCI renews the UC San Diego Moores CCSG, committing $25M

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN

House bill gives NCI $7.4 billion in FY 2027—$110 million above current budget

As his Senate testimony alleged danger from mRNA COVID vaccine, El-Deiry had an offer to run NCI Frederick labThe job offer to run the lab—home to virus research, RAS Initiative, and data science—was quickly rescinded

NCI selects UChicago Medicine as a lead site for clinical trials

AI model links tumor mutations to treatment response, UCSD study finds

As FDA’s wheels almost entirely come off, NCI remains sturdy—a cancer moonshot may even be on the horizon

NCI’s Letai gets softball questions from Senate appropriators at an otherwise contentious hearing

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As his Senate testimony alleged danger from mRNA COVID vaccine, El-Deiry had an offer to run NCI Frederick lab
The job offer to run the lab—home to virus research, RAS Initiative, and data science—was quickly rescinded