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North Philadelphia Car Fire Arson, Biden's Cancer Cure Moon Shot, Mutter Museum La Maladie

by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 01/15/16 8:54 am | updated: 01/15/16 8:54 am

Fire officials are investigating possible arson in North Philadelphia. Police and fire officials were called to the 3100 block of 6th Street around 1 a.m. Friday where they found two minivans that appeared to be intentionally set on fire. Authorities say the blaze may have started in the engine area. No injuries were reported.

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Vice President Joe Biden will be in Philadelphia at Penn today as he launches an effort to find a cure for cancer.
Biden is calling this his â€œmoon shotâ€ â€” comparing his initiative to a mission to the moon 55 years ago. He says that call to action inspired science and innovation, and now he says curing cancer should be this generations â€œmoon shot.â€ The goal, he says, is simple: double the rate of progress, making a decades worth of advance in five years. To do that, Biden says, he plans on increasing resources, both private and public, to fight the disease. He says this will all get done through fundraising and incentives. That begins today. Heâ€™ll be hearing about innovative therapy at Pennâ€™s Abramson Cancer Center. Dr. Lynn Schuchter is chief of hematology/oncology there. She says a number of things will be highlighted for Biden, including a new immu/no/therapy designed to stimulate a patientâ€™s own immune system to tackle their cancer. Dr. Schuchter says its been a revolutionary approach to treating patients with leukemia, and now a type of blood cancer called myleoma. This is obviously a personal mission for the Vice President. He lost his son, Beau, to brain cancer last May.

The Mutter Museum in Center City has a vast collection of medical oddities. So where better to hold an art exhibit featuring a series of gold leaf paintings depicting ailing body parts. The exhibit is called La Maladie, a series of paintings inspired by medical illustrations found in rare book collections and set on gold leaf. The exhibit opens today and runs through July 8th. For more information, visit: muttermuseum.org.

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