{"id":635391,"date":"2024-03-21T12:29:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T16:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=press-release&p=635391"},"modified":"2024-03-21T12:34:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T16:34:39","slug":"nasa-health-and-human-services-highlight-cancer-moonshot-progress","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-health-and-human-services-highlight-cancer-moonshot-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA, Health and Human Services Highlight Cancer Moonshot Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bidencancermoonshot.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bidencancermoonshot.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bidencancermoonshot.jpg 6071w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bidencancermoonshot.jpg?resize=300,179 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bidencancermoonshot.jpg?resize=768,458 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bidencancermoonshot.jpg?resize=1024,611 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bidencancermoonshot.jpg?resize=1536,917 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bidencancermoonshot.jpg?resize=2048,1222 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bidencancermoonshot.jpg?resize=400,239 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bidencancermoonshot.jpg?resize=600,358 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bidencancermoonshot.jpg?resize=900,537 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bidencancermoonshot.jpg?resize=1200,716 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bidencancermoonshot.jpg?resize=2000,1194 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks during an event with Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to highlight how the agencies are making progress toward President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden\u2019s Cancer Moonshot initiative, Thursday, March 21, 2024, in the Earth Information Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA is working with agencies and researchers across the federal government to help cut the nation\u2019s cancer death rate by at least 50% in the next 25 years, a goal of the Cancer Moonshot Initiative. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credit: NASA\/Keegan Barber<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>During an event at NASA Headquarters in Washington Thursday, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra united to note progress their respective agencies are making in space and on Earth toward President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden\u2019s Cancer Moonshot initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe go to space not just to explore the stars, but to improve life here on Earth,\u201d said Nelson. “In that microgravity environment, NASA is studying cancer growth\u2014and the effect of cancer treatments\u2014 much faster than we can on Earth. I am grateful for President Biden\u2019s leadership as we continue to make moonshot after moonshot to end cancer as we know it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also participating in the event was Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell, director of the National Cancer Institute, as well as NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Frank Rubio, both of whom each recently served extended science missions 250 miles off the Earth aboard the International Space Station where they conducted cancer-related research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the second leading cause of death in the United States, the President and First Lady\u2019s Cancer Moonshot is a national effort to end cancer. Nelson noted several related experiments space station astronauts have conducted aboard the orbital laboratory for the benefit of all including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/station\/creating-new-and-better-drugs-with-protein-crystal-growth-experiments\/\">protein crystal growth<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/station\/nasa-selects-proposals-to-enable-manufacturing-in-space-for-earth\/\">nanoparticle drug delivery<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/station\/tissue-chips-investigate-diseases-test-drugs-on-the-space-station\/\">tissue engineering,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/station\/iss-research\/space-station-provides-a-platform-for-seeking-better-cancer-treatments\/\">stem cell research.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to $2.9 billion across HHS in the President\u2019s fiscal year 2025 budget proposal, Becerra discussed his agency\u2019s capabilities to accelerate progress toward the President\u2019s moonshot goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEliminating cancer as we know it is a goal that unifies the country,\u201d said Becerra. \u201cWe all know someone, and most of us love someone, who has battled this terrible disease. As we did during the race to the Moon, we believe our technology and scientific community are capable of making the impossible a reality when it comes to ending cancer as we know it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The backdrop for the event was NASA\u2019s Earth Information Center, which provides access to NASA satellites and other data to see how our planet is changing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA is working with HHS and researchers across the federal government to help cut the nation\u2019s cancer death rate by at least 50% in the next 25 years, a goal of the Cancer Moonshot Initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about Cancer Moonshot at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/cancermoonshot\/\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/cancermoonshot\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faith McKie \/ Cheryl Warner<br>Headquarters, Washington<br>202-358-1600<br><a href=\"mailto:faith.d.mckie@nasa.gov\">faith.d.mckie@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ <a href=\"mailto:cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov\">cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Renata Miller<br>Health and Human Services, Washington<br>202-570-8194<br><a href=\"mailto:renata.miller@hhs.gov\">renata.miller@hhs.gov<\/a><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-2 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-14\">Share<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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