The Wistar Institute’s Hubert J.P. Schoemaker Education and Training Center is expanding its apprenticeship programs and bolstering job opportunities in the life science sector based on a recent $600,000 PASmart Grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry.
The Trump administration did exactly what it said it would do to disorient anyone involved in making policy or touched by it. The president and his crew have “flooded the zone”—the term and the image are theirs, as is the strategy of dropping a flurry of executive orders and memoranda that shake the foundations of the American system of government, raising questions of legality and constitutionality, and, above all, making it a challenge for anyone to see the entire picture and think strategically.
The fight against cancer is complex. It’s global. And it’s indisputably expensive.
Over the past century, groundbreaking cancer research in the U.S. has led to life-saving medical advances that benefit patients worldwide. Scientists often devote their lives to making discoveries, putting their scientific endeavors ahead of status, income, or lifestyle. Investigators work tirelessly, often seven days a week, to solve complex medical problems. These efforts often lead to game-changing outcomes that help us understand difficult medical challenges, advance technologies and develop new therapies.
The Collaborative Science Pilot Awards, a program supported by the Case Western Reserve University—University Hospitals Joint Strategic Leadership Committee, awarded five research teams $50,000 with the possibility of receiving additional funding as scientific milestones are met.
An anonymous donor made a $50 million gift to Duke University Health System toward the development of a proton beam therapy center. The donation is the largest philanthropic gift received by Duke University Health System.
The Association of Cancer Care Centers Board of Trustees released the following statement regarding the firefighters currently battling wildfires in Los Angeles County:
On Saturday, Dec. 21, Congress passed a new spending package, narrowly averting a government shutdown.
The FY25 Defense Appropriations Act is anticipated to provide funding for the Ovarian Research Program to support patient-centered research to prevent, detect, treat, and cure ovarian cancer to enhance the health and well-being of service members, veterans, their family members and all women impacted by this disease. The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, or CDMRP, at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command is the program office managing these anticipated FY25 funding opportunities.
Qure.ai has announced the completion of a $65 million Series D funding round. The investment will expedite expansion into the U.S. market and other countries, increase investment in foundational AI models, and enable complementary med-tech company acquisitions.
