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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Researcher Amita Gupta has spent more than a decade planning and running a $70-million trial to study a new tuberculosis drug, enrolling ~6,000 participants in 13 countries. It might all have been for nothing. That's because a new NIH policy has abruptly cut off billions to trials abroad. 🧪

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NIH grant cuts will axe clinical trials abroad — and could leave thousands without care

US agency’s new policy could abruptly end studies of infectious diseases and cancer, leaving researchers scrambling for funds.

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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Science is slow, cumulative, deliberate. But defunding it is fast and reckless. One short-term budget freeze can erase decades of progress in climate science, medicine, and ocean research.

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CAIRIBU @cairibu.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

At #AUA25, Giulia Ippolito, MD, MS, CAIRIBU K12 Scholar, showed that #OAB patients expect a return to normalcy, while clinicians anticipate ~50% improvement. How can we better counsel patients to align expectations and improve satisfaction? Ask Dr. Ippolito! @Dr_i_pp_olito

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