Biden signs order to release funds for research to 'cure cancers once and for all'

Biden drew a parallel between the former president's goal of reaching the moon and his own goal of cutting cancer death rates in half in the next 25 years.

Tue, 13 Sep, 2022 - 08:20

Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt

US president Joe Biden signed orders on Monday to push more government dollars to the American biotechnology industry, as he promoted his initiative to create new treatments and cut the death rate from cancer.

Cancer "doesn’t care if you’re Republican or Democrat,” Mr Biden said at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, on the 60th anniversary of JFK's 'Moonshot' speech that urged Americans to lead in the exploration of space.