Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

The High Cost of Falling Behind
From #cancer breakthroughs to #AI-powered #drug discovery, the #US has long been a global leader in #biomedical innovation. But that leadership is not a guarantee - it’s a fundamental and intentional choice. Trump’s choices are putting that leadership in jeopardy.
In the past two months we’ve seen cuts to research funding, regulatory instability and a retreat from public-private partnerships. And now,: #HHS to cut more than 20,000 jobs.
scilight.substack.com/p/the-hi

The High Cost of Falling Behind

Why U.S. Biomedical Innovation is at Risk

SciLight
PrivacyDigest

UMass disbands its entering biomed graduate class over #Trump funding chaos
With federal research funding imperiled by brutal cuts under the Trump administration, biomedical graduate programs nationwide are making tough decisions that will scale back the next generation of scientists

On Wed, news broke that #UMass Chan Medical School—a pub school in the U of Mass system—has rescinded all offers of admission to #biomedical #graduate students for the 2025-26 school year

arstechnica.com/health/2025/03

UMass disbands its entering biomed graduate class over Trump funding chaos

Schools across the country are cutting back as US research…

Ars Technica
Bongolian

Jeff Nesbit: tRump’s deliberate destruction of biomedical research institutions: The actions have ground #NIH to a halt and sent shockwaves through academia and the #biomedical #research institutions.

#trump#maga #musk#doge #rfk
contrarian.substack.com/p/trum

Trump’s deliberate destruction of biomedical research institutions

The actions have ground NIH to a halt and sent shockwaves…

The Contrarian
janggolan

#UMass Chan rescinds admission for biomedical sciences PhD program…
nbcboston.com/news/local/umass
"With uncertainties related to the funding of #biomedical research in this country, this difficult decision was made to ensure that our current students’ progress is not disrupted by the funding cuts and that we avoid matriculating students who may not have robust opportunities for dissertation #research…"

UMass Chan rescinds admission for biomedical sciences PhD program amid funding concerns

UMass Chan Medical School is rescinding admission offers…

NBC10 Boston
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI
nature.com/articles/d41586-025

in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.

#Trump #fascism #HHS #NIH #biomedical #Christofascism #transgenocide

Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants

Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity…

www.nature.com
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

‘Omg, did PubMed go dark?’ Blackout stokes fears about database’s future
nature.com/articles/d41586-025

A brief outage has focused attention on scientists’ reliance on the US-government-funded website.

Comment: a fundamental and vitally important biomedical resource, the importance of which cannot be understated.

#PubMed #PubMedCentral #PM #PMC #biomedical #BiomedicalLiterature #NLM #NCBI

‘Omg, did PubMed go dark?’ Blackout stokes fears about database’s future

A brief outage has focused attention on scientists’…

www.nature.com
Drew Crecente (they/them)

@ginaintheburg

“These people are experts and are irreplaceable”

“It’s devastating for us—and for anyone who is worried about getting Alzheimer’s, or has already gotten Alzheimer’s, and is hoping there will be better treatments in the future."

"It’s a huge blow.”

#Alzheimers #publichealth #DOGE #biomedical #research

Nonilex

The notices came all weekend, landing in the inboxes of federal #scientists, #doctors & #PublicHealth professionals: Your work is no longer needed.

At the #NIH, the nation’s premier #biomedical #research agency, an estimated 1,200 employees — including promising young investigators slated for larger roles — have been dismissed.

#Trump #TrumpCoup #law #science #medicine #disease #RFKJr
nytimes.com/2025/02/18/us/poli

Scientific Frontline

Botulinum toxin A1, better known under the brand name #Botox, is not only a popular cosmetic agent, but also a highly effective #bacterial #neurotoxin that – when carefully dosed – can be used as a drug. It blocks the transmission of signals from nerves to muscles
#Biology #Biomolecular #Biomedical #sflorg
sflorg.com/2025/02/bio02112501

How Botox enters our cells

To make the most effective use of botulinum toxin as…

www.sflorg.com
Nonilex

The #US National Institutes of Health announced on Feb 7 it was immediately cutting some $4B a year in funding to #biomedical researchers nationwide. The move would reduce the share of #NIH #grants paid to “indirect” costs—lab upkeep, administration & operation—to 15%, cutting their historical rate almost in half, overnight.

#law #science #medicine #PublicHealth #academia #progress #USpol #trump

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Scientific Frontline

The researchers used advanced cryo-electron #microscopy (cryo-EM) to determine the #atomic structure of a packed #collagen assembly that deviates from the traditionally accepted right-handed #superhelical twist.
#Biomedical #Bioengineering #Biochemistry #sflorg
sflorg.com/2025/02/bmed0207250