“Cancer isn’t political, it’s personal”: a funding update from the 2026 AACR Annual Meeting
© 2026 AACR/Todd Buchanan
On Sunday morning at San Deigo Convention Center, every attendee seated in Hall H for the Opening Ceremony and Plenary session at this year’s American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting (CA, USA; 17–22 April) stood and raised a sign saying, ‘Thank you, Congress, for supporting cancer research’. This display – a sea of cancer scientists refusing to be divided along party lines – mirrored the one from last year, which was captured and sent to 535 members of Congress following their decision to block the Presidential push to cut NIH funding by 40% in the 2026 fiscal year....
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