NCI exceeds employment ceilings, must cut personnel in FY 2004, NIH says. Further cuts expected in extramural grant support staff.
Also ASCO to release abstracts to members prior to annual meeting.
Advisors suggest NCI establish sarcoma research consortium.
Lung cancer screening trial reaches accrual goal of 50,000.
Markison leaving Bristol-Myers, two others promoted in reorganization.
Wilding named director, Univ. of Wisconsin Cancer Center.
NABCO to close June 30.
This month’s 8-page Business & Regulatory Report included in this issue.
Trending Stories
- The story of daraxonrasib is the ultimate hero’s journey
A narrative curve with twists, turns, intrigue, drama—and a blow to a mighty foe - 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The job offer to run the lab—home to virus research, RAS Initiative, and data science—was quickly rescinded - Pancreatic cancer breakthrough came from smart scientists making smart bets—not from politicization of science
- At Senate hearing, Brown’s El-Deiry and other witnesses say they were targeted for arguing that mRNA vaccine may be linked to cancer
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- Proposed OMB rule aims at the heart of the U.S. research enterprise—and scientists are fighting back
“The question isn’t whether politics will influence research. Under this proposal, that’s the point. That’s their goal.”
