Biden wants to finish with his cancer moonshot

As President Biden nears the end of his term in office, and his political career, he is fully committed to a project close to his heart: the fight against cancer.

President Biden and the first lady, Jill Biden, announced eight research centers, including one at Tulane University, that will collectively receive $150 million in research awards aimed at pioneering new methods of precision cancer surgery. https://t.co/hlPltuFwLJ

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Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited New Orleans to announce $150 million in grants to advance cancer research.

This financial support underscores their deep commitment to revolutionizing cancer treatments and reducing mortality.

This cause is particularly dear to the president, who lost his son Beau in 2015 to brain cancer, an event that deeply affected the president as well as the first lady.

These multi-million dollar grants for advanced cancer treatments, aim to boost research across the country, including at Tulane University, where the announcement was made.

Biden’s involvement in the “Cancer Moonshot” initiative is motivated not only by his personal family tragedy, but also by a sense of public duty, given that cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. He hopes to see cancer deaths halved over the next twenty-five years.

Joe Biden hopes that the commitment to the fight against cancer will extend well beyond his term of office, stressing the importance of continuing to support advances in cancer treatment and research.