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London biopharmaceutical company,
Antisoma. The venture, to be known as
Cancer Therapeutics, Ltd., will develop
anti-cancer products.
The Fund is a cancer charity that relies almost entirely on voluntary contributions to carry out its work.
Effort Targets Hispanics
En Accion, a project of the National
Cancer Institute-funded National Hispanic Leadership Initiative on Cancer,
announced the release of eight television public service announcements designed to help prevent cancer in
Hispanics.
The announcements, featuring Hispanic notables Vikki Carr, Tito Puente,
Maria Conchita Alonso, Pablo Morales, Jesse Borrego, and Archbishop
Patrick Flores, were released to major
television networks and local TV stations
in Miami, New
York, San Diego, San Francisco, and
Brownsville
and San Antonio, Texas.
Univison and
the ABC netVlkki Canwork agreed in
advance to air the spots.
"Cancer is the second leading cause
of death among Hispanics, and many of
these deaths could be prevented through
lifestyle changes," according to Amelie
G. Ramirez, DrJP.H., En Accion's
principal investigator. "The PSAs are
one way we're helping to spread the
message about early detection and prevention." Ramirez is on the faculty of
the University of Texas Health Science
Center, San Antonio.
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Election Has Some Impact on Congressional Committees
Following the Nov. 5 national election, the U.S. congressional committees of
interest to the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute will
change in varying degrees. Most changes will be in the House committees where
many members retired.
Republicans still control both chambers of Congress, gaining two seats in the
Senate while losing seven seats to Democrats in the House. Seventy-four incumbents did not seek re-election, either retiring, running for other office, or having
been defeated in a primary. Republican control means that committee and subcommittee chairmanships will continue to be held by the Republicans.
Committees of interest to NIH and NCI are summarized below. The election results were not complete at the Journal's press time, and the outcome of four
House races was still not known. Leadership decisions in both the House and Senate will not be completed until mid-December.
Committee
APPROPRIATIONS
Chairman
Ranking Member
Membership
Senate Membership
Full Committee
Hatfield (R-Ore.) retired
Byrd (D-W.Va.)
All will return to Senate
Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education
Chairman
Specter (R-Pa.)
Ranking Member
Harkin (D-Iowa) re-elected
Membership
Hatfield (R-Ore.) retired
All will return to Senate
AUTHORIZING
Chairman
Ranking Member
Membership
Chairman
Ranking Member
Membership
House Membership
Livingston (R-La.) re-elected
Obey (D-Wis.) re-elected
Ten not returning to House
Porter (R-Ill.) re-elected
Obey (D-Wis.) re-elected
All re-elected
Commerce Committee
Labor and Human
Resources Committee
Kassebaum (R-Kan.) retired Bliley (R-Va.) re-elected
Kennedy (D-Mass.)
Dingell (D-Mich.) re-elected
Pell (D-R.I.) and
Eight not returning to House
Simon (D.-lll.)retired
Harkin (D-Iowa) and
Wellstone (D-Minn.) re-elected
Commerce Subcommittee
on Health & Environment
Bilirakis (R-Fla.) re-elected
Waxman (D-Calif.) re-elected
Four not returning
HOUSE GOVERNMENT REFORM
AND OVERSIGHT
Chairman
Ranking Member
Membership
Full Committee
Clinger (R-Pa.) retired
Collins, C (Dill.) retired
One (possibly two) not returning
Chairman
Ranking Member
Membership
Subcommittee on Human
Resources & Intergovernmental Affairs
Shays (R-Conn.) re-elected
Towns (D-N.Y.) re-elected
One (possibly two) not returning
• Betsy Duane and Katie Smeltz
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 88, No. 23, December 4, 1996