

Cover Story
By Matthew Bin Han Ong
On March 14, beneath the soaring ceiling of the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) faced a constellation of round tables at the Research!America 2018 Advocacy Awards Dinner.
In Brief


Funding Opportunities
Clinical Roundup
Drugs & Targets


NCI Trials


NCI Trials for March
The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program approved the following clinical research studies last month.
Trending Stories
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Modeling data, ACS guideline support greater use of noninvasive tests to ease system strain, help save lives - NCI’s new CCSG is the result of “thousands of hours” of listening, negotiations, surprises
New NOFO aims to shrink applications by 40% - California’s Prop 38 is an historic approach to funding medical research, immunology
The $8.4B bond makes a long-term investment in a field with life-saving power - Rachna Shroff, accomplished GI oncologist and “tireless mentor,” dies at 47
Her endowed award will live on - From “default dead” to living the future of cancer care
As founding CEO of GitLab, I went “founder mode” on my osteosarcoma - Dinah Singer retires from NCI, remains at NIH as Scientist Emeritus
















