Two-time JSU graduate among inaugural Biden Cancer Moonshot Scholars cohort

By Anthony Howard Jackson State University alum Jelani Zarif, Ph.D., M.S., has received the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) R01 Cancer Moonshot Scholar Award. The Biden-Harris Administration, through the NCI, is committing $5.4 million in the first year of these multi-year awards to support the inaugural cohort of 11 Cancer Moonshot Scholars. “We are very excited about getting started on this important work. This funding will enable us to target cells that are present in prostate tumors called macrophages. These cells provide prostate cancer cells with pro-metastatic factors,” Zarif said. The diverse set of scholars will drive progress in the fight to end The post Two-time JSU graduate among inaugural Biden Cancer Moonshot Scholars cohort appeared first on HBCU News.