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Trump administration freezes $584m in grants for ‘life-saving research’ at UCLA (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world
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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Gotta get that money for a gold-plated ballroom somewhere.

[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

The sad thing is these grants fund critical medical reserach that takes years to develop - freezing them even temporarily destroys entire research pipelines and the careers of scientists who've dedicated their lives to finding cures.

[–] hypna@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If these schools don't start working together, they're going to get picked off one by one.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

They're going to die one by one on their knees.