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Trickle-down effect of NIH funding battle worries healthcare analysts and medical experts

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Federal health research funding has faced a tumultuous four days after the Trump administration announced cuts to a certain type of funding for the National Institutes of Health .

The move to cut the rate at which NIH covers "indirect costs," such as rent, lighting, heat, and scientists' salaries, to 15% from 30% would allegedly save the government $4 billion .

A federal judge temporarily halted the cuts and set a hearing for Feb. 21 .

" America should not drop knowingly and willingly from her lead position on the endless frontier," he said.

GLP-1s are a key component of the U.S. effort to develop brain science, brain science and regenerative biology, he said. "At a time of rapid strides in quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and.

other nations are expanding their investment in science," he added.