Thomas S Smith

Absolutely!

I received this message. Please help spread the word. You mothers life may depend on it: Hey Jack, I know you are a busy man, but I wanted to pass along information that the public likely does not know about and you have a large reach. I am a cancer researcher at Henry Ford Hospital and Michigan State University. Today, we found out that the administration is going around court orders and blocking all research funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH). They blocked the ability of the NIH to communicate with the federal registrar and list the study sections (scientific review committees to score grants) and council meeting (funding decisions on highly scored grants). What this does is effectively stop these committee meetings because all meetings must be listed by the federal registrar. This is how the administration is skirting the court orders to keep research funding open. Now, basic and translational (bench to bedside) research is blocked indefinitely. They also are screening all applications for any "DEI" or "gender identity" words. No joke, a grant about improving transitioning from high school to college was block for using the word "transitioning". This is unacceptable and will put the US behind all other nations, stop medical and tech advances, and have a massive effect on the economy. For every tax payer dollar invested in research, there is about a 3 dollar return. This is unbelievable and the nation is universally behind cancer and medical research. Also, they cut 20% of the NIH workforce last Friday and will likely fire all division heads tomorrow. Please spread the word if you can! We are trying to come up with solutions as a scientific community and have been calling representatives nonstop. Thanks!!