Biden announces new grant for medical facilities researching ways to cure cancer

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Biden announces new grant for medical facilities researching ways to cure cancer  Joe Biden announces $150 million in Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) awards to develop technologies that will enable surgeons to perform more successful tumor-removal surgeries for cancer patients. "We're moving quickly because we know all families touched by cancers are in a race against time," the US president tells attendees at an event in New Orleans, Louisiana, following a tour of medical facilities at Tulane University. "We're mobilizing the whole-of-country effort to cut American cancer deaths in half in 25 years," he adds.   AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #worldnews  #joebiden  #cancer

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00:00Today, we're announcing $150 million ARPA-H funding for some of the nation's cutting-edge

00:05cancer research institutions. That includes right here at Tulane University. Right now,

00:10surgeons determine how to remove cancerous cells and protect vital organs, nerves,

00:15and blood vessels without a clear view of them. A lot of it's a little bit of really educated

00:20guesswork, but not positive. The funding we announce today will help get these tools into

00:26the operating room to visualize tumors right away instead of having to wait for days and weeks

00:32to maybe reopen the patient to go back in. And we're moving quickly because we know all

00:38families touched by cancers are in a race against time. It's all part of our goal of

00:43our Cancer Moonshot to end cancer as we know it and even cure some cancers. We're mobilizing the

00:49whole country effort to cut American cancer deaths in half by 2020 and within 25 years.

00:58So, uh, well, I'm going to introduce, but uh, Mr. President, Dr. Biden,

01:04um, first of all, I just want to thank you, uh, for being the architects of the Moon.

01:10Dr. Biden, nice to see you again. Hi, goodbye. Nice to see you.

01:15This is Joe's husband. Jack and Terry. Hi, Jackie, I'm Jill. You guys can come back.

01:23You guys can be just right in the middle here. Surgeries work flawlessly every time.

01:28And so, um, as you know, uh, so now, uh, there's a few things they can do in the operating room,

01:33but they basically have to guess. So maybe you have to be optical. Use the light to give us a

01:37microscope.

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