2008 Earmark: Molecular Switch Vaccines for Biodefense and Cancer

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Earmark Description: Molecular Switch Vaccines for Biodefense and Cancer

House Requesting Members	Former Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) Former Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) Former Rep. Pat Murphy (D-PA) Former Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD)
Senate Requesting Members	Former Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) Former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) Former Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Former Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)

Final Amount	$1,600,000
Budget Request	$0
House Request	$2,000,000
Senate Request	$0
Pre-reduction Amount	$0

Fiscal Year	2008
Appropriations Bill	Defense
Bill Section	Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation
Bill Subsection	Army
Project Heading	Medical Technology
Receiving Organization	Cerus Corp.; Johns Hopkins University; Immunocytometry Systems

Location	San Jose, California
Notes	Cummings, Murphy and Tauscher all indicated Ceres as the beneficiary. Honda indicated Ceres in collaboration with Immunocytometry Systems and Sarbanes indicated partnership with Johns Hopkins University. Hopkins had previously liscensed a pancreatic cancer to Ceres.

Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )