Olfactory neurons are fascinating. They pick one single GPCR to express, out of 100+ options. They regenerate throughout life. And this startup thinks we can use them to monitor neurodegenerative diseases longitudinally in living people.
cen.acs.org/business/sta...
Can we please return to precedented times? I wish to be bored again by the news.
"Members of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) were escorted by police out of the convention center in New Orleans during the organization's annual meeting on Friday as they handed out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump administration changes to U.S. biomedical research."
OMB has a new proposal for the regulation of all federal grants, which would
-deemphasize peer review
-ban $ for publication costs and conference travel
-make it easier to terminate grants
we read the 400 page document () so you don't have to
www.statnews.com/2026/05/29/n...
Laurel Oldach
Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions
"In fiscal year 2025, the number of NIH-funded investigators declined for the first time in a decade, with the number of research grant PIs and fellowship recipients falling a relative 4.0% and 9.9%, respectively. These declines were not evenly distributed...
Oops- posted too fast! Reporter was Elizabeth Cooney. H/T to Anil for posting the story
investigators from groups historically underrepresented in science experienced disproportionately larger declines than their peers. This disparity was particularly pronounced among fellows, in whom Black and Hispanic representation dropped by 40.5% and 33.1%"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Sobering reading, especially as the mother of a 10 month old.
One choice that I applaud: describing essential oils and similar as “folk medicine.”
Sarah Karlin-Smith
More details on the ADA fiasco from @aniloza.bsky.social for STAT.
(I wonder whether Bhattacharya’s last minute meeting with Trump concerned NIH or CDC?)
www.statnews.com/2026/06/05/a...
I went to Utah to see what life is like in America's new reality, where vaccine-preventable diseases are common again.
Utah's measles outbreak has lasted 10 months. Pediatricians teared up in interviews. Mothers were stressed.
🧵My latest @wired.com @kffhealthnews.org www.wired.com/story/anguis...
Laurel Oldach
The state’s outbreak means adapting to America’s new reality, in which vaccine-preventable diseases become common again.
This cross-sectional study assesses National Institutes of Health (NIH) data from fiscal years 2016-2025 comprising annual counts of principal investigators funded through research grants and fellowsh...
