

Cover Story
Free
By Matthew Bin Han Ong and Conor Hale
After years of turmoil and plunging morale at MD Anderson Cancer Center, the UT System took what observers describe as an unprecedented step—forming a Shared Governance Committee.
In Brief
Drugs & Targets
Trending Stories
- Franco Muggia, former head of CTEP and NYU cancer center, dies at 85
- House committee’s FY26 spending bill increases NCI funding by $48M, NIH by $99M
House joins Senate in rejecting Trump’s proposed 40% NIH cuts - On Capitol Hill, NIH gets congressional support and RFK Jr. gets slammed
- Bhattacharya fields NCAB’s questions about funding, political involvement in grant review, DEI, animal testing
- Lowy: Forward-funding policy forced NCI to drastically reduce RPG awards funded for FY25, 10% of NCI staff has been lost
- The departure (and return) of Vinay Prasad