Scientists Blast 'ridiculous' Trump Admin Request

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

National Institutes of Health officials have urged scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications, two researchers said, in a move that signaled the agency might abandon a promising field of medical research.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 08:30 AM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink

This is insane. Arguably the greatest achievement of the first Trump administration was Operation Warp Speed. And mRNA technology has tremendous potential. Recall recent news that mRNA vaccines show promise against pancreatic cancer in early trials www.nbcnews.com/health/cance ...

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-- Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) March 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM

Comments

Where is Epstein's BFF's concept of a healthcare plan?

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-03-17 10:33 AM

Trump/MAGA/Putin disgusts me.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-17 10:52 AM

There's no sane point to this.

Trump enjoys making people suffer, and he enjoys being the cause of their deaths.

It's the sensation of personal power that feeds his insanity.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-17 10:59 AM

A real menace to society

#4 | Posted by Sezu at 2025-03-18 09:20 AM

Trump green-lighted the development of a mRNA vaccine for COVID.

So does this mean all references to Operation Warp Speed have to be removed?

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-18 09:23 AM

simply rename it peptide/protein encoding nucleic acid (PENA) technology and they won't know it's the same thing.

#6 | Posted by MBlue at 2025-03-18 10:31 AM

Trump once again covers his eyes and ears to truth, to history, to science. Just as he did with Covid when it first appeared, with "DEI" aspects of Iwo Jima and Arlington, and on down the line, he thinks if you don't talk about it, your problems are solved.

Everything he does takes America backward. He's turning us into a Third World country.

#7 | Posted by cbob at 2025-03-18 12:33 PM

"There is reason to believe that strict right-wing ideology might appeal to those who have trouble grasping the complexity of the world."

Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience.com

#8 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2025-03-18 02:02 PM

The dumbing down of America continues...

And when other nations start to make breakthroughs in this area, who will Trump blame?

OCU

#9 | Posted by OCUser at 2025-03-18 03:38 PM

Oh well, we almost had a cure for cancer. Seems like some people want it to exist because of ideology.

#10 | Posted by Brennnn at 2025-03-18 05:46 PM

America is better off when some other country funds research to monetize and commercialize the cure for cancer!

Think about it people, there's far more money to be made in treating cancer compared to simply making it go away, so an outright cure is a bad investment for the American people.

Much better for the American people to have incurable cancers, they can still get a little treatment, and more importantly, serve as a source of revenue until they die from cancer we didn't invest in curing.

Signed,
Republicans

#11 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-18 05:57 PM

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