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(OP) User ID: 41925838 United States 04/20/2021 09:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Moonshot legislation, which was ultimately folded into the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016, became central to Biden’s political legacy during the Obama administration. Through the Cures Act, Biden’s efforts led to authorization of $1.8 billion over seven years for cancer research, as well as $500 million over a decade for FDA to streamline drug and device approval processes. Now, President-elect Biden prepares to become President Biden as the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the National Cancer Act of 1971. Congressional support for cancer research is strong and bipartisan, and NCI is building a coalition focused on raising the institute’s payline to 15% by 2025 (The Cancer Letter, Oct. 16, 2020). [link to cancerletter.com (secure)] |
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(OP) User ID: 41925838 United States 04/20/2021 09:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | An estimated 15 percent of all human cancers worldwide may be attributed to viruses [1], representing a significant portion of the global cancer burden. Both DNA and RNA viruses have been shown to be capable of causing cancer in humans. Epstein-Barr virus, human papilloma virus, hepatitis B virus, and human herpes virus-8 are the four DNA viruses that are capable of causing the development of human cancers. Human T lymphotrophic virus type 1 and hepatitis C viruses are the two RNA viruses that contribute to human cancers. [link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (secure)] Why the cancer ‘moonshot’ has been so disappointing Rather than a concerted effort to cure cancer, pharmaceutical companies pour resources into “orphan drugs.” [link to www.washingtonpost.com (secure)] |
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(OP) User ID: 41925838 United States 04/20/2021 09:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | By Meghan Bartels June 25, 2020 "On Earth we are connected." Three space agencies have pulled together data monitoring the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic into one joint information source in hopes of assisting understanding of the public health crisis. Space agencies realized that their Earth-observing satellites could see these activities. The new dashboard includes, for example, data showing dips in pollutant emissions as people drive less, changing patterns of artificial lights at night, traffic jams at closed borders, and even changes in water quality from reduced industry impacts. [link to www.space.com (secure)] |
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(OP) User ID: 41925838 United States 04/20/2021 10:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sep 3, 2020 NASA Funds Eight New Projects Exploring Connections Between the Environment and COVID-19 [link to www.nasa.gov (secure)] |
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(OP) User ID: 41925838 United States 04/20/2021 10:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Mitre Corp. Inside America's Secretive $2 Billion Research Hub Mitre Corp., a government-linked Skunk Works, has been making bleeding-edge breakthroughs for U.S. agencies for more than six decades. Its latest gig: helping the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the CDC) and Homeland Security's ominously named Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction office craft sweeping plans for curtailing the Covid-19 pandemic. Its broad expertise is now being employed to help yank America out of its Covid-19 crisis. In a $16.3 million contract signed with the CDC in late June, Mitre was asked to help build “an enduring national capability to contain Covid-19.” |
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(OP) User ID: 41925838 United States 04/20/2021 10:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Mitre would also create disease models to track a pandemic and determine what “nonpharmaceutical interventions” (a.k.a. NPIs—think closing schools, stores and implementing social distancing) could help lawmakers “bend the curve.” [link to www.forbes.com (secure)] |
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(OP) User ID: 41925838 United States 04/20/2021 10:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Mitretek Systems On January 29, 1996, Mitre divided into two entities: The MITRE Corporation, to focus on its FFRDCs for DoD and FAA; and a new company, originally named Mitretek Systems and now called Noblis, to assume non-FFRDC work for other U.S. Government agencies. Mitre Corporation - Wikipedia [link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] › wiki › Mitre_Corporation |
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(OP) User ID: 41925838 United States 04/20/2021 10:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | From 2010 through 2014, MITRE became the operator of three more FFRDCs. In 2010, the Federal Judiciary created the Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center. In 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Department of Health and Human Services created the CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare. In 2014, the National Cybersecurity FFRDC was created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Each of these FFRDCs has helped advance government operations through innovative systems development and organizational transformation. [link to www.mitre.org (secure)] |
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(OP) User ID: 41925838 United States 04/20/2021 10:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lincoln Laboratories Mitre was a spinoff from MIT Lincoln Laboratories Lincoln Laboratory researchers join international task force to evaluate wearable and emerging technology. [link to news.mit.edu (secure)] |