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Jacob Gardner's avatar

I have been following forums with people from biotechnology, bioinformatics, biochemistry, etc. and they are full of anxiety due to the funding cuts by the government.

Now is NOT the time to give up on biology, medicine, etc.

We are currently in one of the most important biological science revolutions, and I refuse to let uninformed ideologues ruin this moment in history.

I really hope China, Europe and the rest of the world pick up the deficit in research. The research must continue, regardless of the country it is in.

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Elisabeth Marnik, PhD's avatar

Yeah I agree. The problem is likely not all of the gap can be filled by other countries. But efforts by then to increase their research will hopefully help. The issue is how many scientists doing amazing work here that could have changed lives will have their years of work dead end (if they can’t continue with finding here or move elsewhere).

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Tamara B-Mitchell's avatar

Soooo interesting! Such a great example of the importance of curiosity, funding, and direction! Among other things 😊

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Elisabeth Marnik, PhD's avatar

Thank you for reading. 🥰

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