TK (Takashi DY) Kozai @bioniclab.bsky.social · May 31 Vought's daughter takes Trikafta for cystic fibrosis. The CFTR gene was isolated in 1989 with NIH dollars. Every step of the 30-year pipeline was federally funded academic research. His OMB is now strangling the exact work that produced the drug keeping her alive.
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absolutely infuriating
The data: 📉 74% fewer new NIH grants vs 2021-24 average 📋 NOFOs: 756 (2024) → 14 (2026) 🔬 NCI funding odds: 1-in-10 → 1-in-25 🛫 75% of U.S. researchers considering leaving (Nature) 🇨🇳 Yang Dan, Berkeley neuroscientist, already left for China