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The Federal Funding Freeze Will Cause Lasting Damage to Medical Research

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The U.S. has been a global leader of scientific research and innovation.

The Trump administration issued a memorandum Monday that paused all federal grants and loans.

Since then, the freeze has been partially rescinded for some sectors, but largely remains in place for universities and research institutions across the country.

WIRED heard over and over, from scientists too fearful for their teams and their jobs to speak on the record, that it won’t take long for the impact to reach the general population.

With a loss of research funding comes the closure of hospitals and universities.

Some are hopeful that the funding freeze for academia could end on February 1 .

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