The same Winnipeg lab that sent Ebola and Henipah viruses to Beijing recently removed a number of researchers for an “administrative issue.”

The researchers aim to grow transplantable human organs from primate embryos.

Individual researchers and science societies are finding solutions so colleagues around the globe can attend conferences, from remote presentations to relocating conferences.

New rules, which require international scientists to have a Chinese collaborator, go into effect July 1.

Changing policy has left academics uncertain about what is legal for foreign involvement in research, and increased hostility and bureaucracy have led students and scholars to seek opportunities elsewhere.

This marks the second known instance in which an institution has acted on NIH’s concern about foreign influence over US-based researchers.

Scientists argue that anti-Chinese political rhetoric and policies could harm US research.

From canceled conferences to delayed publications, fallout of the shutdown spread beyond US borders, prompting concerns about long-term damage to international collaboration.

The latest rejections of visa requests have scientists up in arms.