Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
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Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promising field of medical research.

National Institutes of Health officials have urged scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications, two researchers said, in a move that signaled the agency might abandon a promising field of medical research.

  • N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    34·
    20 hours ago

    Europe already benefited from the brain drain in Russia recently. Now it’s poised to get the same promising young minds from the US.

    If you want to bring knowledge into the world as a career, it’s natural to move away from places actively moving toward darkness.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
      103·
      20 hours ago

      If you’re wanting to flee the US, China would probably offer some more money but Europe or Canada would offer the better lifestyle.

  • juli@lemmy.world
    9·
    19 hours ago

    This administration is like a script kiddie virus that’s just set to find and wipe out data if it contains any mention of keywords hard coded into it.

    if data.contains(["dei", "mrna", "vaccines", "abortion"]){
purge (data)
}
  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    20 hours ago

    Messenger RNA? No, this is pRNA, postman RNA, completely different thing!