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"23andMe customers who once turned over the most personal form of information to the company — their own genetic data — may want it back after the personal genomics and biotech startup declared bankruptcy on Sunday.

The 19-year-old company is seeking a buyer, which means that if it is not deleted, customer data could be transferred to any company that acquires 23andMe."

cbsnews.com/news/how-to-delete

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Trump and Musk want you sicker so they can be richer

Why we must move the debate from "government spending" to "Elon & Donald's looting."
thecause.substack.com/p/trump-

"the Musk/Trump regime is waging against America's #health care...

"simultaneously increase toxins in our air, #food, & water."... gutting medical #research in "colleges & hospitals in every state." & they are aiming to kick millions—as many as 36 million of the hardest-working #Americans—off of #Medicaid"

#Musk#Trump#News

"The Trump administration wants to spend more federal dollars replicating medical research. A key question will be which studies get repeated and, with limited resources, at what expense.

Why it matters: Many findings can't be replicated — a problem scientists say needs to be addressed. But it could also consume increasingly scarce resources as the administration cuts spending and freezes federal grants."

axios.com/2025/03/24/medical-s

#healthcare #medicine #science #research #NIH # HHS #CDC #USpol

Illustration of a man with crossed arms casting a giant shadow on two researchers with a laptop.  
Axios · New friction surfaces over replicating researchBy Alison Snyder

‪Now that's what I like to see- Intelligent People Receiving Recognition for their efforts👍

"The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs‬ ‪@npsia.bsky.social‬

Congrats to Prof. Philippe Lagassé!
@plagasse.bsky.social
He was awarded the CF Medallion for Distinguished Service by the
Canadian Forces
His research in defence policy, military procurement, and parliamentary oversight has made a lasting impact on Canadian security policy."

"Last week the U.S. government terminated at least 68 grants to 46 institutions totaling nearly $40 million when awarded, according to a government website. Some of the grant money has already been spent, but at least $1.36 million in future support was yanked as a result of the cuts, a significant undercount because estimates were available for less than a third of grants."

apnews.com/article/lgbtq-resea

The LGBTQ+ pride flag flies beneath the American flag at the Stonewall National Monument, Oct. 11, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
AP News · Trump administration cancels at least 68 grants focused on LGBTQ health questionsBy Carla Johnson

Universities are reckoning with cuts of billions of dollars of in grants by the White House. Their research can lay the groundwork for what the private sector delivers to the marketplace – and its loss could have lasting consequences. #universities #research #trump

csmonitor.com/USA/Education/20

Posted into Now What? @now-what-csmonitor

The Christian Science Monitor · What will happen to grad school? Research universities face tough choices.By Ira Porter

Cluster scientist spotlight!

Sarah Chan, PhD Student, Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University

What do you study for DUST^2? Why is this important?

"I study the microbiome of dust. I take dust samples and examine all the bacteria in them, then use those bacteria to generate a fingerprint. That fingerprint can then be used in the future to tell us where dust is coming from when it lands somewhere."

More scientist spotlights: bit.ly/4huMS0U

“We did the not-sexy, behind-the-scenes work that it takes to make the federal government function well...We made sure doctors at the VA are talking to scientists and researchers and epidemiologists at CDC and NIH — that they’re learning from each other. It was a very, very cost effective way to make sure that people are talking to each other and that we’re making the best use of federal resources.”

politico.com/news/2025/03/24/t

European universities offer ‘scientific asylum’ to US researchers fleeing Trump’s cuts.

Laced with terms such as “censorship” and “political interference”, the jobs advert was a-typical.

The promise of academic freedom, however, hinted at who it was aimed at: researchers in the US looking to flee the funding freezes, cuts and ideological impositions ushered in by Trump’s administration.

mediafaro.org/article/20250325

The Guardian · European universities offer ‘scientific asylum’ to US researchers fleeing Trump’s cuts.By Ashifa Kassam