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The 2025 government shutdown has halted grants, delayed research, and risks long-term damage to innovation, education, and the US’s global scientific competitiveness.

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Frozen Grants, Canceled Futures: The Human Toll of UCLA’s Research Suspension

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NIH’s Priorities Announcement Receives Mixed Responses from Researchers

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SCIMaP Visualizes the True Cost of Science Funding Cuts

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Stand Up for Science: US Researchers Mobilize in National Protests

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US Universities Reduce PhD Admissions in Response to Federal Funding Cuts

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Federal Court Extends Block on NIH Funding Cuts

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Freeze on NIH Grant Reviews Leaves Scientists Confused and Frustrated

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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November 2025, Issue 1

Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs".

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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