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posted by CoolHand on Tuesday October 18 2016, @09:06PM   Printer-friendly

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has released another cancer progress report/wish list:

Vice President Joe Biden today released his vision for doubling progress against cancer over 5 years. It includes numerous policy recommendations and a laundry list of projects by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and other federal agencies that would require additional funding. Biden and his wife, Jill, have met with thousands of experts and patient advocates, they explain in a 17-page strategic plan submitted to President Barack Obama, who asked Biden in January to lead the effort. "We sought to better understand and break down the silos and stovepipes that prevent sharing of information and impede advances in cancer research and treatment, while building a focused and coordinated effort at home and abroad," they explain.

The Bidens' wish list ranges from giving patients more control over their medical data to launching "a national conversation" about cancer drug pricing. They also want to see more high-risk research funding at NCI and changes to the institute's intramural research program to focus more on emerging science and major public health challenges.

An accompanying 29-page report from Biden's federal moonshot task force lists what agencies have done so far and their plans to address five strategic goals. The first goal, "catalyze new scientific breakthroughs," contains several items that "align with" the 10 research areas recommended last month by an NCI blue ribbon panel, the report says. For example, it describes Department of Defense (DOD) efforts to develop new imaging technologies for detecting early molecular changes in cells that may lead to cancer.

The Cancer Moonshot is part of the War on Cancer:

The mission of this Cancer Moonshot is not to start another war on cancer, but to win the one President Nixon declared in 1971. At that time, we didn't have the army organized, didn't have the military intelligence to know the enemy well, and therefore didn't have the comprehensive strategy needed to launch a successful attack—now we do. Because of the progress over the last 45 years we have an army of researchers and oncologists, the powerful technologies and weapons, and immense public support and commitment to action.

Related:
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The White House Announces $121 Million Microbiome Initiative
"Cancer Moonshot" Releases Blue Ribbon Panel Report
Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 18 2016, @09:27PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 18 2016, @09:27PM (#415866)

    I think it's time we stopped listening to the lies.

    Government keeps making promises, but has shown it is fundamentally incapable of delivering. I don't see how that can be fixed.

    Pharmaceutical companies are in bed with government. Face it, if even try to invent the cure for cancer in your basement, the FDA will bust down your door, and haul your ass to gaol for running a meth lab before you unpack your test-tubes. What the hell happened to innocent until proven guilty?

    The way to get breakthroughs in medicine is to break down the constraints that prevent us from experimenting at home. The crack-heads can go off themselves, I don't see why the rest of humanity should suffer just so that the gubmint can protect idiots from themselves. The terrorists, are also welcome to go off themselves. But what about the children? Yes, just let them die ... from cancer.

    Sick of it.

    The only ones who are going to do it are us. All that artificially expensive "medical" equipment is only expensive because of patents, and "licensing".

    Actually, screw it. Someone in China, or India, or some other less protectionist country will get their hands on the equipment, and join the dots. The US should just get used to falling behind, just as the Kingdom's of Europe found out. Royalties / Patents stifle innovation. Those huge costs exist because of previously granted "Patents" plus the costs of "Regulatory" compliance.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by tibman on Tuesday October 18 2016, @11:26PM

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 18 2016, @11:26PM (#415909)

    I get where you're coming from but test equipment has pretty much always been expensive. It's low-volume and high-precision. Of course the price is high. As far as garage labs being a problem, that might be a local (State) issue you have. There are quite a lot of hacked together labs. Sci-plus can sometimes have decent labware if you are interested: https://www.sciplus.com/s/c_11 [sciplus.com]

    Hell, to a layperson, a beer brewing session could look like a methlab. If your neighbors are nosy spies it seems best to give them just enough information to judge you. That's all they want to do anyways. If you are too private they'll just assume you're a drug dealer or terrorist or something. Thankfully i live on a bit more land now and most of the neighbors respect the property borders. OT: except one.. i am contemplating building a wall on that boundary.

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