This past week the Biden White House announced that they will be investing $24 million in mRNA technology to help treat cancer and other diseases.
The White House explained in a briefing:
Today, the Biden Cancer Moonshot is announcing the launch of âCuring the Uncurable via RNA-Encoded Immunogene Tuningâ (CUREIT), a project that aims to develop generalizable mRNA platforms that can be harnessed to train the immune system to more effectively fight cancer and other diseases, ultimately saving lives. CUREIT will be led by a team at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, with up to $24 million in new funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H).
Last year, as part of his Unity Agenda, President Biden worked with Democrats and Republicans in Congress to establish and fund ARPA-H to drive breakthroughs to prevent, detect, and treat cancer and other diseases. Through CUREIT, ARPA-H is now moving aggressively to deliver on their mission, and to advance the goals of the Biden Cancer Moonshot and the Presidentâs Unity Agenda…
