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“Cancer Moonshot” Jan. 19, 2016 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

“Cancer Moonshot” Jan. 19, 2016 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

Jennifer Doudna, Charles Sawyers of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NIH Director Francis Collins, Vice President Joseph Biden and other cancer experts discuss a planned “cancer moonshot” Jan. 19 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Credit: World Economic Forum

More information and video of the discussion, “Cancer Moonshot: A Call to Action,” are available online at the World Economic Forum’s website.

Additional sessions from Davos

Over the next year, according to a blog post by Biden, “The Federal government will do everything it possibly can — through funding, targeted incentives and increased private-sector coordination — to support research and enable progress. We’ll encourage leading cancer centers to reach unprecedented levels of cooperation, so we can learn more about this terrible disease and how to stop it in its tracks.”

Doudna was invited to talk about one of the most promising new tools in biomedical research, CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, which she invented several years ago with colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier.

Doudna will participate in two other Davos forums this week, all of which will be streamed live:

• Life in 2030: Humankind and the Machine on Friday, Jan. 22, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. PST. (see details)
• Staying Human on Saturday, Jan, 23, from 5:45 to 6:45 a.m. PST. (see details)

VIEW VIDEO – VP Joe Biden’s Speech and Panel Discussion

http://universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-berkeley-professor-doudna-joins-biden-davos-rollout-cancer-moonshot

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http://universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-berkeley-professor-doudna-joins-biden-davos-rollout-cancer-moonshot