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Medical research is at risk
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April is National Cancer Control Month, and there is no better time to step up and advocate for lifesaving medical research. A recent report from “PBS NewsHour” highlights the crippling effects of sequestration on funding for cancer research. The story of the Riggins laboratory is just one example of labs all over the country having to slow or stop promising research due to a lack of funding.
According to the American Cancer Society’s 2013 report, more than half a million Americans are expected to die from cancer this year alone. Continue reading →
Posted in: Advocacy Messages, Basic Research/Basic Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevention & Public Health, Research Advocacy, Research!America | Tagged: American Association for Cancer Research, American Association of Cancer Institutes, American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Society for Clinical Oncology, cancer, cancer research, CDC, Friends of Cancer Research, National Cancer Control Month, PBS NewsHour, Rally for Medical Research, saveresearch, sequestration