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Commemorating the Contributions of Cancer Research Greats
March 12, 2021, by Norman E. Sharpless, M.D.
Dr. Emil Freireich, who died in February 2021, working with a blood cell separator at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Credit: National Cancer Institute
There are those moments, those events that make it the ideal time to stop and reflect on the past.
Such is the case with the passing of Dr. Emil Freireich, who died last month at the age of 93 in Houston, his long-time home. Having begun his career in the 1950s at NCI, Dr. Freireich went on to become one of the most accomplished physician–scientists to ever step into a lab or comfort a worried patient.
So far, 55,206 total vaccinations have been administered by U.Va. Health, with 11 percent of Charlottesville and 13 percent of Albemarle residents are fully vaccinated.
Credit: National Cancer Institute
It’s hard to believe that 4 years have passed since the Cancer Moonshot℠ was “launched.” In December 2016, Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act, which authorized $1.8 billion in funding for the Cancer Moonshot over 7 years. Even though it is only at the midway point in terms of funding, we believe it is well on its way to producing meaningful improvements for people with cancer.
Supporters heralded the Cancer Moonshot as “an enormous, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the cancer community and our nation to come together around a single disease that touches everyone.”
The architects of the Moonshot articulated three ambitious goals for the Cancer Moonshot: to accelerate scientific discovery in cancer, foster greater collaboration, and improve the sharing of data.