Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants.
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants.
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promising field of medical research.
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.
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I really can't wait for all this willful ignorance to die.
I hope the willful ignorance dies before the rest of us do.
I really hope RFK Jr keeps drinking raw milk.
Traditionally, vaccines are created using chicken eggs. We also have a bird flu epidemic that kills chickens.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-flu-vaccine-chicken-eggs-researching-alternatives/
Using mRNA was a way out of this predicament, but, yeah...
The scientist in Philadelphia signaled that he believes Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist, is responsible for the NIH’s turn against mRNA research.