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Tag: cancer research
Cancer Moonshot Should Prioritize Open Access to Publicly-funded Research
by Timothy Vollmer Open Access18FDG Synthesis by Brookhaven National Laboratory, BY-NC-ND 2.0. Vice President Biden is leading the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative, which seeks to make ten years’ worth of progress on cancer research in half that time. We think an important part to finding cures is changing policy to improve access to cancer research. Our recommendations include: Make…
Vice President Biden: Taxpayer-funded cancer research shouldn’t sit behind walls
by Timothy Vollmer Open Data, Open ScienceOn Wednesday in New Orleans, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke at the convening of the American Association for Cancer Research on the need to speed up scientific research, development, and collaboration that can lead to better cancer treatments. Vice President Biden is leading the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative, which aims to accelerate cancer research…