Biden Speaks About New Funding for Cancer Research [Video]

President Joe Biden, alongside first lady Jill Biden, delivered remarks Tuesday in New Orleans addressing his revamped “Cancer Moonshot” program, which seeks to cut the cancer death rate in the U.S. by about half over the next 25 years.

During the president’s remarks, which took place at Tulane University, he focused on the need to break down research “silos” and improve information sharing among the cancer research community. 

“It’s all about working together and sharing data, sharing information,” Biden told the crowd at Tulane. 

Biden’s remarks also focused on the president’s development of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) initiative, which the White House announced on Tuesday would be getting $150 million in new funding. The funding, he said, will go towards supporting the development of technologies to help surgeons more successfully remove cancerous tumors.

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