An Unexpected Obstacle on Road to a Cancer Cure
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Critics of the cancer research grant system - the process by which cancer research is funded - say it doesn't reward revolutionary thinkers with groundbreaking ideas, but rather promotes small, incremental steps towards finding a cure. Billions of dollars have been spent on research grants since the 1950's but we don't seem much closer to finding a cure. If the grant system is reformed, do we have a better chance at the brass ring?
Guests:
Eileen Jaffe, senior member of Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia and adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania
John Rossi, chair of the Molecular Biology Department and Dean of the Graduate School at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope
Andrew J.G. Simpson, scientific director for the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, a global non-profit organization
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Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
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The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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