UCSF scientist says Biden's cancer moonshot achievable JanaKTVU reports
President Joe Biden challenged the nation on Monday to cut cancer deaths in half in the next 25 years. Biden marked the 60th anniversary of President Kennedy's pledge to get a man on the moon with his own parallel promise.revived his call for a nationwide cancer moonshot effort on Monday, as he marked the 60th anniversary of President Kennedy's famous pledge to get a man on the moon.
As part of the call for a moonshot effort, President Biden announced a new National Cancer Institute Scholars Program to fund more cancer research. He also called on the private sector to make drugs more affordable and said better screening and health equity can help cut cancer deaths. So Monday, when Senor heard President Biden, a father who lost his 46-year-old son Beau, to brain cancer seven years ago, his words were like medicine.For Senor's daughter and many people touched by cancer, a nationwide cancer moonshot effort is a morale booster in the desperate search for answers, when time is precious and life turns into a race against cancer's clock.
"If you are not providing practical emotional support for cancer patients and their families, you're not really providing complete cancer care. You can't just focus on the medical part," said Tufel. He says the President's recent actions to more efficiently link cutting edge federal research with private sector development and applications make the moonshot a real possibility.
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