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El Duvelle<p>"This lung-on-a-chip serves as an accurate model of human lungs to test for drug safety and efficacy." 😂🙄</p><p>Context: the now-corrupted NIH plans to stop funding all non-human animal research. Not just for drug testing (for which it is obviously still necessary, unless they don't plan to develop any new drugs?) but seemingly also for fundamental research.<br>Source: <a href="https://nihrecord.nih.gov/2025/07/04/nih-prioritize-human-based-research-technologies#:~:text=NIH%20is%20adopting%20a%20new,to%20reduce%20testing%20in%20animals" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nihrecord.nih.gov/2025/07/04/n</span><span class="invisible">ih-prioritize-human-based-research-technologies#:~:text=NIH%20is%20adopting%20a%20new,to%20reduce%20testing%20in%20animals</span></a></p><p>More recent source that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@susanleemburg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>susanleemburg</span></a></span> already shared on here: <a href="https://www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announces-end-to-funding-for-animal-only-studies/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-an</span><span class="invisible">nounces-end-to-funding-for-animal-only-studies/</span></a></p><p>However, the NIH apparently cannot change policy without a minimum consultation period from the public first, so anyone can comment about this proposition here: <a href="https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-meetings-conferences-and-workshops/fda-nih-workshop-reducing-animal-testing-07072025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fda.gov/news-events/fda-meetin</span><span class="invisible">gs-conferences-and-workshops/fda-nih-workshop-reducing-animal-testing-07072025</span></a></p><p>They tried to remove the comment box, but people complained about this so it is back now. Will anyone look at the comments? Who knows..</p><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/UsScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UsScience</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/USResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USResearch</span></a></p>
El Duvelle<p>The US administration is coming for <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/ScientificJournals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScientificJournals</span></a> now.. I don't have access to the full article, and it's in French, but several journals have received a "questioning" mail from the Columbia district state attorney, and two journals have suspended submissions (Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) and the Journal of Health and Pollution (JHP)) citing federal funding cuts.</p><p><a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2025/05/06/l-administration-trump-s-attaque-aux-revues-savantes_6603260_1650684.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">L’administration Trump s’attaque aux revues savantes</a></p><p>Next step: destroying published papers? We should all probably archive as much of the scientific literature as we can before it's too late..</p><p>Here's another source in English:<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/science/science-journal-environment-trump.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/29/science</span><span class="invisible">/science-journal-environment-trump.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/USScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USScience</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/AcademicJournals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicJournals</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a></p>
El Duvelle<p>😱 <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/UsScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UsScience</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01396-2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones</a></p>
Oliver Brendel<p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> is really getting frightening:"Trump administration wants to criminalize work on climate science and impacts”<br><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/USscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USscience</span></a> <br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192660/trump-fbi-charge-climate-organizations" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/192660/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-fbi-charge-climate-organizations</span></a></p>
AnthonyWild.<br><blockquote>A press release from Aix Marseille University today said that the program is for American scientists who “may feel threatened or hindered in their research,” and is “dedicated to welcoming scientists wishing to pursue their work in an environment conducive to innovation, excellence and academic freedom.”<br><br>In an interview with AFP, University management said that the invitation is in the “DNA of Marseille” values, and that it has previously invited researchers from Ukraine, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Palestine as part of a program that supports researchers and artists forced into exile.<br></blockquote>From: <a href="https://www.404media.co/french-university-to-fund-american-scientists-who-fear-trump-censorship/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/french-university-to-fund-american-scientists-who-fear-trump-censorship/</a><br><br><a href="https://buc.ci?t=science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=usscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USScience</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=exile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exile</a><br>
eswillwalker<p>Hah! If this is true, “ DeepSeek is “AI’s Sputnik moment,” Marc Andreessen, a tech venture capitalist, posted on social media on Sunday.” then why has the orange menace stopped all US science funding in its tracks? Does he want China to “win”?<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/USScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USScience</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PartyOfStupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartyOfStupid</span></a></p>