Feb. 4 is World Cancer Day
World Cancer Day is a chance to raise our collective voices in the name of improving general knowledge around cancer and dismissing misconceptions about
the disease.
On World Cancer Day, Union for International Cancer Control and its members are urging the public and governments alike to speak out with one voice
to dispel damaging myths and misconceptions on cancer.
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LifeScience Moment: Senator Matthew Neely proposed legislation offering a $5 million reward for a cancer cure discovery
On Feb. 4, 1927, a decade before the National Cancer Institute (NCI) was established, Senator
Matthew Neely (D) of West Virginia proposed a bill that would offer a $5 million reward for the
discovery of a cure for cancer.
Senator Neely's "reward" bill did not pass, but it was among the first in a series of proposed
legislation that laid the groundwork for the 1937 National Cancer Institute Act.
In 1937, Senator's Matthew Neely and Homer Bone, with representative Warren Magnuson, introduced
the National Cancer Institute Act, which was signed into law by Franklin Roosevelt on August 5 of that year.
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It's a Small World
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Ebola Virus (Photo: Courtesy Frederick Murphy)
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Science Quote
"As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss."
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Noam Chomsky, Professor of linguistics,
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