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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 - In The Headlines: Are cancer registries on the chopping block, and what does it mean if they are?
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Pancreatic, lung, kidney cancer research programs eliminated