Dana-Farber to retract six papers, correct 31, over “image discrepancies” in papers co-authored by top leaders

NCI Cancer Information Highlights bulletin cut due to RIFs

NCI’s Cancer Information Highlights bulletin, a section of NCI’s Weekly Digest Bulletin that informs readers of research updates related to cancer causes, prevention, screening, treatment, and coping, will no longer be published due to restructuring and reductions in force at HHS.

May 23, 2025

Vol.51 No.20

Cancer Policy

Trump moves to revoke hundreds of federal grants awarded to Harvard—a trove of biodata may be lost in the feud

In the ongoing escalation of the feud between Harvard University and the Trump White House has imperiled hundreds of research grants at Harvard’s medical school.

May 23, 2025

Vol.51 No.20

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Harvard sues Trump administration over international student ban

Harvard University has sued the Trump administration a second time since the start of the ongoing feud between the university and White House.

May 23, 2025

Vol.51 No.20

By Claire Marie Porter

In Brief

CPRIT awards more than $93M for cancer research and prevention

On May 21, the governing body of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas approved 61 grants totaling more than $93 million. The grants support cancer research and prevention projects across the entire spectrum of CPRIT’s mission, including CPRIT Scholar recruitment grants, a wide array of evidence-based prevention programs, and funding for early-stage companies developing promising new treatments for cancer.

May 23, 2025

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Funding Opportunities

DOD prostate cancer research program FY25 funding opportunities

The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2025 provides $650M in funding for the CDMRP. Congress provided further guidance for CDMRP program-level funding, including funding for the Prostate Cancer Research Program. The FY25 PCRP intends to support innovative, high-impact prostate cancer research.

May 23, 2025

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