Donovan meets with cancer research advocates
U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan met with cancer research advocates visiting Washington D.C. from Brooklyn and Staten Island as part of the American Cancer Society’s Leadership and Advocacy Day and called on the Senate to pass the 21st Century Cures Act, legislation that would increase cancer research funding.
The bill, which the House passed in July, would provide $1.8 billion in funding each year for several years to the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. The legislation would also offer researchers new incentives for developing treatments for diseases, including cancer, and would modernize clinical trial procedures to produce faster results, according to Donovan (R-Southwest Brooklyn-Staten Island), who is a co-sponsor.
“If it becomes law, this bill would enact reforms to further our understanding of deadly diseases and develop treatments for illnesses that currently lack effective therapies,” Donovan said. “There are 10,000 known diseases, but there are cures for only 500 of them. Our great country has made tremendous scientific advancements in just the past few decades. Let’s double down on that progress and work to rid humanity of some of its deadliest ailments.”