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[–] smeg 36 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Trump cancelled the federal grant for this program, so it might falter in upcoming years.

[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 20 points 1 week ago

Trump: that's my beautiful Alzheimer's and I won't let any pesky scientist mess with it! I stopped 19 wars! This wouldn't happen if I were a president! Covfefe!

[–] VivianRixia@piefed.social 17 points 1 week ago

That's a real boneitis situation

"There was no cure at the time. A drug company came close, but I arranged a hostile takeover and sold off all the assets. Made a cool hundred mil. [coughs weakly]" - 80's Guy - Futurama

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 12 points 1 week ago

From the article:

A U.S. District Court in September struck down the Trump Administration’s cancelation of $2.2 billion in research funding to Harvard, restoring critical grants supporting lifesaving research. But with two major federal grants ending in the near future, Yankner isn’t sure how forthcoming new rounds of funding might be.