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Proposed OMB grant review changes could shift science funding from peer-reviewed to subject to political whims, impacting drug development and patient care.

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Researchers Share Their Concerns and Hopes for Biomedical Research in 2026

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NIH’s Priorities Announcement Receives Mixed Responses from Researchers

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An NIH Reviewer Offers Grant-Writing Tips

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Major, Groundbreaking Increase in Hype in Grant Applications

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Q&A: A Randomized Approach to Awarding Grants

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Hackers Bring Dutch Research Funding Agency to Standstill

After Shutdown, NSF Catching Up on Review Panels, Funding Requests

NIH: Grant Applicants Can Cite Preprints

Open Letter Leads to Peer Review Changes

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Then and Now: Sarkis Mazmanian Finds Gut-Brain Links to Parkinson’s Disease

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Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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