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You can now view all of the speaker sessions from the May 6-8 Fifth International Vatican Conference on the conference website. The 3-day virtual event, offered by the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture and Cura Foundation, featured over 100 global leaders in science, faith, medicine and technology, all exploring and fostering new conversations about how innovation and novel …

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Since the launch in 2016 of the Cancer Moonshots program under the National Cures Act, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has invested nearly $1 billion in Moonshots funding, supporting over 240 research projects across more than 70 cancer science initiatives. The program’s mission: to accelerate scientific discovery in cancer, foster greater collaboration, and improve the …

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Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally. Advances in cancer science and medicine are making huge strides in our understanding of what causes cancer. Today’s knowledge and technology, if implemented, can prevent up to 50% of cancers.  On May 6th at 1:10 pm EDT, I will share the podium at the Vatican Pontifical …

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It’s the dream of every cancer scientist and biotech entrepreneur to bring new hope for cancer sufferers whose therapies are failing. I am so proud of the many talented scientists, clinicians, business leaders and trial participants who contributed to the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval yesterday of AVEO Oncology’s FOTIVDA® (tivozanib) for the treatment of …

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2020 was a remarkable year in science, not only for COVID research and but also in the cancer research community’s quest to prevent, detect and treat cancers.  Below is my ‘top ten’ list of recent notable advances: (1) COVID-19 Vaccines:Although this is not cancer-specific, the development of vaccines against COVID-19 unquestionably helps cancer patients, whose …

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Changing mindsets to change behaviors. Up to half of all diseases are preventable with knowledge in hand today and yet we fall short in realizing such social and economic benefit. Moreover, the Covid-19 pandemic has shined a light on an even greater gap in the health and resiliency for underserved communities. For nearly all major …

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