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Amid cuts to federal funding, US universities tighten budgets, forcing PhD students and early-career researchers to navigate an uncertain future.

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ARPA-H to Be Within NIH but Independently Managed by HHS

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US House Committee Proposes Increases to Research Funding

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Science Advisor Nominee Faces Tough Questions from Senate Panel

Trump Proposes Significant Cuts to NIH for 2021 Budget

Spending Bill Boosts US Science Budgets, Unlocks Gun Research

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Lawmakers Push NIH to Reduce Nonhuman Primate Research

Trump Releases 2020 Budget Proposal

Proposed US Spending Bill Boosts Science Funding

Federal Science Funding Could Increase Under New Budget Deal

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Drug Development Could Suffer from Proposed NIH Budget Cuts

House Passes 2018 Spending Bills

NIH Funding Boost Clears Senate Committee

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Lawmakers Propose Increasing NIH Budget

Life Science Funding Cuts Leaked

Proposed NIH Cuts Hit Bipartisan Opposition in Congress

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Tom Price Defends the Trump Administration’s Proposed Cuts at NIH

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The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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Fragments of Lyme Disease Bacteria Linked to Liver Dysfunction

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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The Holy Grail Hunt in De Novo Antibody Design

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Explore synthetic DNA’s many applications in cancer research

Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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