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WASHINGTON You may have heard of DARPA the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon s new-technology arm famous for helping to develop the Internet and now it will have a healthcare counterpart under President Biden s proposed $769 billion discretionary spending budget for fiscal year 2022.
Sent to Congress Friday, the proposal includes $6.5 billion to launch the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). With an initial focus on cancer and other diseases such as diabetes and Alzheimer s, this major investment in federal research and development will drive transformational innovation in health research and speed application and implementation of health breakthroughs, the Office of Management and Budget said in a press release announcing the request. This funding is part of a $51 billion request for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue to support research that enhances health, lengthens life, and reduces il
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