"Biden's 'Moonshot' Initiative: Advanced Cancer Research Takes Center Stage"
The Biden administration has announced the launch of the Precision Surgical Interventions program, the first cancer-focused initiative under its advanced health research agency, ARPA-H. The program aims to improve cancer outcomes by developing better surgical interventions to treat the disease. ARPA-H, modeled after DARPA, will seek ideas from the public and private sectors to help surgeons distinguish between cancerous cells and healthy tissue during surgery. The initiative is part of Biden's bipartisan "cancer moonshot" effort to combat cancer, improve veterans' health, and make mental health more accessible. The agency is hosting an event in September to identify and approve projects, and it has also placed an open call for other research objectives.