Pancreatic cancer treatment continues to evolve, with researchers exploring new ways to detect, understand, and treat the disease. Advances in genetic testing, precision medicine, targeted therapies, ...

Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.

David Tuveson, MD, PhD, will join Duke Health as executive director of the Duke Cancer Institute (DCI), effective October 31, 2026. Tuveson, a preeminent cancer biologist, is currently the Roy J. Zuck...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Rasonque (daraxonrasib), a RAS inhibitor for the most common form of pancreatic cancer—delivering a new treatment option to patients with advanced ...

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios

The Brennan Center has laid out a compelling roadmap for Congress to follow.

We try to teach our children to follow the rules. Now an American president has chosen the opposite tack

CDC leadership continues to try manufacture a scientific debate on vaccines where none exists, writes Ben Lopman.

Join PanCAN on Thursday, June 25, at 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET, for a webinar focused on KRAS and pancreatic cancer. Our panel of special guests will talk about what KRAS is and why it’s important, the l...

Join PanCAN on Thursday, June 25, at 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET, for a webinar focused on KRAS and pancreatic cancer. Our panel of special guests will talk about what KRAS is and why it’s important, the l...

Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear.

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Cancer cachexia is a wasting syndrome that remodels the anatomy of the patient. How this remodeling unfolds across tissues, whether it defines distinct disease states, and how these states relate to u...

Labs are seeing fewer applications from international students and researchers, and some doctoral students are considering leaving early.

A new analysis shows that the Trump administration has terminated more than 100 advisory committees to science agencies—and reduced the transparency and independence of those that remain.

UPDATE (5/1/2026): The FDA has just authorized expanded access to daraxonrasib, a targeted therapy designed to treat KRAS-driven cancers. For the first time, this treatment is now available outside of...

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