Minority health researchers walk tightrope amid NIH funding cuts

As the Trump administration cuts and transforms At the National Institutes of Health (NIH), minority health researchers are trying to maintain funding without crossing the gray line in “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) projects. Researchers told The Hill that they face unclear research directions, increasingly competitive grant awards and politicized peer review processes as they…

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Mark Keenum says SEC prefers no automatic bids in CFP

mississippi state Chairman Mark Keenum, chairman of the College Football Playoff Board of Managers, told ESPN’s Paul Finebaum on Friday that the SEC would prefer to “not have automatic bids” in future iterations of the playoff. Keenum’s comments came just weeks before the CFP’s Dec. 1 deadline to determine whether the format will change for…

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HER2-targeted radioimmunotherapy regimen achieves complete and durable response in breast cancer model

A new radioimmunotherapy approach has the potential to cure human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer, according to new research published in the November issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. A tumor pretreatment regimen prior to administration of targeted alpha-radioimmunotherapy resulted in durable major responses including histologic cure with minimal toxicity, paving…

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