The U.S. government occasionally offers grants to further scientific endeavors and the White House has now announced their newest initiative. The administration's Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health or ARPA-H, is set to award some $240 million to researchers for endeavors related to treating cancer. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00 The U.S. government occasionally offers grants to further scientific endeavors, and the White
00:04 House has now announced their newest initiative.
00:07 The administration's Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPAH, is set to award
00:13 some $240 million to researchers for endeavors related to treating cancer.
00:18 According to the release for the official Cancer Moonshot initiative, they are hoping
00:22 it will drive innovation that changes patient outcomes, providing support to families as
00:26 they navigate a cancer diagnosis.
00:29 They are also looking for new preventative cancer avenues as well, with smoking prevention
00:33 being one of the items they mention explicitly, as it is the single biggest driver of cancer
00:37 in the country.
00:38 They are also looking to invest in new types of cancer treatments, specifically ones that
00:42 treat tumors directly, rather than more broadly like chemotherapy.
00:47 Often government spending is a divisive topic.
00:49 However, the White House believes this initiative won't be, as all families can be touched by
00:53 the debilitating and deadly disease.
00:56 Stating in the statement, "Accelerating the fight against cancer is a core component of
01:00 the President's Unity Agenda, a set of priorities that Americans from every walk of life can
01:05 support."
01:06 They have already garnered commitments related to the initiative from over 100 private companies,
01:10 and have already outlined 50 new programs related to cancer innovations.
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