Biden to travel to Vatican to talk cancer ‘moonshot’

Vice President Biden will travel to the Vatican later this month to discuss his “moonshot” effort to cure cancer. 

{mosads}Biden, a Catholic, will speak at an international conference on the “progress of regenerative medicine and its cultural impact” at the Holy See on April 28, his office said Wednesday. 

The gathering will bring together doctors, researchers, philanthropists and politicians to talk about “the potential for adult stem cells, and other ethical cellular therapies” to treat cancer, diabetes and other illnesses, according to the Vatican.

It is sponsored by the Pontifical Council For Culture and The Stem For Life Foundation. 

Biden has traveled to several prominent medical facilities and institutions of higher learning to discuss his cancer initiative, including Duke University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pennsylvania.  

The vice president announced his goal to help facilitate a cure for cancer last fall, when he said he would not run for president this year. Biden’s eldest son, Beau, died of brain cancer last year.

Biden is the latest U.S. politician to head to the Vatican to discuss issues on his agenda.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders plans to travel there this week for a conference on the economy and the environment.