Biden, whose son Beau died of cancer last spring, is leading the Obama administration's «cancer moonshot» initiative, which is aimed at producing a decade's worth of progress against cancer in five years. (washingtonpost.com)
Vice President Joe Biden today released his vision for doubling progress against cancer over 5 years. (sciencemag.org)
Government and private efforts will produce progress against cancer over the next 10 years that «will eclipse everything that has happened over the previous 50 years, and maybe longer,» he added. (washingtonpost.com)