The Social Cost of Federal Cuts to Alzheimer’s Research
Nathan M Greenfield | 20 June 2025 | University World News
Shortly after noon on Monday 9 June, the webpage Columbia University biology professor Dr Tal Nuriel had never expected to create went live: a public appeal for funding to help facilitate the continuation of his research into the role of a gene variant called APOE4, the primary genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease.
In March and April, ostensibly to punish the university for allowing an antisemitic culture to flourish on campus, the administration of newly inaugurated president Donald J Trump cut US$400 million worth of government research grants, US$250 million of which were National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants…