Alice Tracey

Alice Tracey

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Ohio State’s Alice Mims: Six-week abortion ban places oncologists in jeopardy
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As conservative legislatures take the cue from the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade by enacting abortion restrictions, oncologists in many states are scrambling to figure out how to best care for their pregnant patients, said Alice Mims, a hematologist-oncologist at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – James. 
“This is not about protecting life”: Supreme Court overturn of Roe v. Wade threatens lives of cancer patients, doctors
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When Jill Hawkins realized that she was six weeks pregnant this March, her oncologist gave her two options.
ARPA-H placed outside NIH in authorization bill approved in a 336-85 House vote
Capitol Hill
The House of Representatives on June 22 voted 336-85 to pass legislation that would establish the authorities of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health (ARPA-H), President Joe Biden’s proposed high-risk, high-reward biomedical research agency.
NCI strategy for evaluating MCED assays may bypass cancer clinical trials groups
NCI is moving forward with a plan to evaluate multi-cancer early detection tests, a technology that is rapidly making inroads into the healthcare system.  
NCI BSA approves eight new, nine reissued concepts
The NCI Board of Scientific Advisors unanimously approved eight new concepts and nine reissued concepts at a meeting June 13-15. 
NCI, CRUK award $100M in Cancer Grand Challenge grants
NCI and Cancer Research UK have awarded $100 million in total funding through the Cancer Grand Challenges program, supporting research into solid tumors in children, cachexia, extrachromosomal DNA, and tumor development.

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