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Biden Warns of Funding Cut if Cancer Research Not Shared

At a Washington summit, Vice President Joe Biden warned that federal funding for cancer trials could be cut if findings are not quickly disclosed and shared by researchers, clinicians and drug companies.

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Vice-President Joe Biden, visits the Austin, Texas National Domestic Violence Hotline headquarters to commemorate the National Domestic Violence Awareness Month on October 30th, 2013
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At a Washington summit, Vice President Joe Biden warned that federal funding for cancer trials could be cut if findings are not quickly disclosed and shared by researchers, clinicians and drug companies. (The Associated Press)

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