Ned Sharp­less steps down as head of the Na­tion­al Can­cer In­sti­tute

Af­ter al­most five years at the top of the Na­tion­al Can­cer In­sti­tute, Ned Sharp­less on Mon­day de­cid­ed to call it quits. The de­ci­sion comes at a cru­cial mo­ment for the Biden ad­min­is­tra­tion as it scram­bles to shore up its sci­en­tif­ic chops.

Sharp­less, who will con­tin­ue as NCI di­rec­tor through April 29 and be re­placed on an act­ing ba­sis by NCI prin­ci­pal deputy di­rec­tor Dou­glas Lowy, fol­lowed his work at a top can­cer re­search cen­ter at the Uni­ver­si­ty of North Car­oli­na.

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