Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children halted enrolment in three trials for incurable brain cancer last month

SickKids hospital in Toronto in February, 2023.

At least five cutting-edge clinical trials for childhood cancer have been closed to new Canadian patients because of the Trump administration’s cuts to scientific funding and its directive that grants no longer be shared with foreign researchers.

Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children halted enrolment in three trials for incurable brain cancer last month after the U.S. National Cancer Institute decided not to renew funding for a consortium of pediatric brain-tumour scientists whose only Canadian site was at SickKids.

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  • GingaNinga@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    29 days ago

    I used to process samples for the local research community in Toronto and I’ve seen a fairly substantial slow-down in cases coming in this year, its pretty sad. We still work on some awesome/really interesting stuff!