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COVID-19 & CancerFree
By Matthew Bin Han Ong
NCI’s Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research has launched three initiatives focused on SARS-CoV-2.
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- NIH eliminates the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors
Over its 28 year history, BSA shaped NCI-funded extramural science - The White House “skinny budget” document cuts NIH by nearly 40%
The cuts are consistent with the previously leaked “passback” document - NIH cuts threaten U.S. edge in biomedical research: “We are giving China the opportunity of a lifetime”
Cancer research also took center stage at Senate appropriations hearing - TIL + pembro regimen achieves 24% response rate in solid epithelial tumors, marking a step forward in immunotherapy research
- Vinay Prasad, oncologist and Twitter star, locked in debate over precision medicine
- AACI letter to NIH’s Bhattacharya opposes centralizing review of CCSG