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Jobs Lost and Lifesaving Cures Not Discovered: Possible Impacts of Research Cuts

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Red states and blue states alike are poised to lose jobs in research labs and local businesses.

"Discoveries are going to be delayed, if they ever happen," says Kimryn Rathmell , MD , PhD , former director of the National Cancer Institute .

The administration's unprecedented moves are upending the research engine that has made the U.S. "the envy of the world".

NIH reviews of new grant applications have been delayed despite court rulings to end a government spending freeze.

Even scientists with existing funding are left wondering if their projects -- from transgender health to learning why white breast cancer patients in Oklahoma fare worse than Black patients in Massachusetts -- will be caught in Trump 's anti-diversity crackdown.

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