Chuck Darwin<p>On August 13 President <a href="https://c.im/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> toured <a href="https://c.im/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/facilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facilities</span></a> at Tulane University in New Orleans and deemed the developments "incredible."</p><p>Why it matters: <br>⭐️He announced about $150 million in federal awards during the visit as part of his <a href="https://c.im/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> "<a href="https://c.im/tags/moonshot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moonshot</span></a>" initiative that aims to ❇️cut the cancer death rate in half by 2047. ❇️</p><p>The big picture: </p><p> "We are the land of possibilities," the president said, adding that the funding will help get new tools into operating rooms.</p><p>Nearly 2 million Americans are diagnosed with solid tumor cancers each year, and <a href="https://c.im/tags/surgical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surgical</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/removal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>removal</span></a> is often the first step in their treatment, the White House said.</p><p> Tulane is getting $22.9 million to invent 💥new imaging systems that will allow surgeons to see in real time if they removed all cancer cells while their patients are still under anesthesia.<br> It currently can take days to weeks for doctors to know if all of a tumor has been removed, according to J. Quincy Brown, the lead researcher on Tulane's project called MAGIC-SCAN.<br> 💥The goal is to get that down to 10 minutes within the next five years, he said.</p><p>Zoom out: <br>Seven other teams are working on additional developments geared at making <a href="https://c.im/tags/tumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tumor</span></a>-<a href="https://c.im/tags/removal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>removal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/surgeries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surgeries</span></a> more successful.</p><p> The awardees are <br>Dartmouth College, <br>Johns Hopkins University, <br>Rice University, <br>University of California in San Francisco, <br>University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, <br>University of Washington and <br>Cision Vision in California.<br> </p><p>Their projects include inventing a <a href="https://c.im/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>new</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/microscope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microscope</span></a> and creating <a href="https://c.im/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>new</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/imaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imaging</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systems</span></a> to visualize blood vessels and nerves</p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2024/08/13/president-biden-150-million-cancer-fighting-invention-moonshot" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/local/new-orleans/20</span><span class="invisible">24/08/13/president-biden-150-million-cancer-fighting-invention-moonshot</span></a></p>