US President Barack Obama has set up a unit today, led by Vice President Joe Biden, responsible for everything possible to fight more effectively against cancer. The stated objective of this initiative is to better coordinate the efforts of various federal agencies, removing bureaucratic obstacles and supporting scientific advances on a disease that kills more than 8 million people each year worldwide, despite significant treatment advances .
"I do not pretend to be an expert on cancer but I can play a role in catalyzing efforts and making everyone working together," said Biden in a text outlining its mission, compared to a "new conquest of Moon". "I'm not naive about the extent of the challenges," he said. "But I have never been so optimistic that we can do great things."
Beau Biden, son of US vice president, died of brain cancer last May at the age of 46 years. Barack Obama announced mid-January this initiative in his speech on the State of the Union to Congress deems it essential to move up a gear, "for those who are dear to us and we have lost and families we can still save. "
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