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Health and Biomedical Research: Advancing Knowledge and Innovation to Improve Patient Outcomes
Pages 100-103

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... iStock® National Cancer Institute photograph of human colorectal cancer cells treated with a topoisomerase inhibitor and an inhibitor of the protein kinase ATR, a drug combination under study as a cancer therapy (Unsplash®) 100 20220909 NAM 50th Book Pages 90-115-RTP.indd 100 9/13/22 7:41 PM
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From page 101...
... , providing law by President Richard Nixon in 1971, kicking researchers computerized access to a database of off what became known as a "war on cancer." The medical journal articles dating to 1879. In 1996, NCA provided new funding for the National Cancer when home computers became widely available, Institute, allowing the establishment of 15 new PubMed, a public version of MEDLINE available research centers, cancer control programs, and an through the internet was introduced.
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From page 102...
... In 2012, the Panel was founded in 1993 to bring together National Institutes of Health established the national academies of sciences, engineering, and National Center for Advancing Translational medicine to advise governments and the public Sciences to develop and apply translational science on the scientific aspects of critical global issues. so that treatments and cures for disease can be In 2000, the InterAcademy Panel founded the developed and disseminated more effectively.
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From page 103...
... MACRA served as a catalyst in 2016 and beyond for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to emphasize health care quality through mechanisms such as accountable care organizations, bundled payments, and other value-based approaches. Our increasingly connected world, while a boon to the scientific enterprise in many ways, is posing challenges to the production and dissemination of high-quality research.
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