TCL Archive Advisors to NCI are preparing to recommend a “Human Cancer Genome Project” that would create a comprehensive chart of the genetic mutations that cause cancer. The panel also plans to propose an initiative in molecular diagnostics, Eric Lander, director of the Broad Institute, said. September 17, 2004
TCL Archive NCI’s projected 2.7 percent budget increase for FY 2005 will be insufficient to cover the Institute’s commitments, Director Andrew von Eschenbach said. Planning for new programs will continue nonetheless. NCI is an elephant that will have to learn to dance, he said. NCI director’s new favorite metaphor has a long history, from “The Jungle Book” to a business memoir about IBM. December 3, 2004
