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Biden to relaunch ‘cancer moonshot,’ aiming to reduce death rate, administration officials say

The president plans to announce a new initiative Wednesday to improve prevention, detection and treatment of malignancies

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/02/02/biden-cancer-moonshot-renewal/

In a recap of activities on the original moonshot, the National Cancer Institute said it has supported hundreds of research projects, including expanding the use of immunotherapy, overcoming cancer’s resistance to treatments and finding new ways to treat pediatric cancer.

“The original moonshot demonstrated that it was possible to compress a decade’s worth of progress into a few short years,” said Ellen V. Sigal, chairperson and founder of Friends of Cancer Research, an advocacy group. “We can’t afford to not make that opportunity a reality again.”

As president, Biden asked Congress for $6.5 billion to fund a new agency, called Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, to propel breakthrough medical treatments for cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and other life-threatening diseases. The proposal sparked controversy over whether to base the agency at the National Institutes of Health or have it be a stand-alone entity. In the briefing with reporters Tuesday, the administration officials reiterated support for basing the agency within NIH.

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