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Earlier this month, Nicklaus Children’s Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute received a $7.5 million budget appropriation to advance pediatric cancer research and care. Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis announced the award under the newly created Cancer Connect Collaborative Research Incubator Fund (Incubator).

The Incubator will provide $150 million to Florida’s four specialty-licensed children’s hospitals over the next five years to cement each hospital’s pediatric cancer program among the nation’s best. Incubator funding will go towards advancing clinical trials, expanding innovative treatments, and keeping children in Florida and closer to home for care.

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