1/ Why this is🚨? My colleagues, collaborators, and I are funded by #NIH to bring the most promising medicines to people with life-threatening illness How does this work? www.science.org/content/arti... #oncsky #lcsm - ThreadSky

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jia-luo.bsky.social • 22 days ago

1/ Why this is🚨?

My colleagues, collaborators, and I are funded by #NIH to bring the most promising medicines to people with life-threatening illness

How does this work?

https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-slashes-overhead-payments-research-sparking-outrage #oncsky #lcsm

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jia-luo.bsky.social•22 days ago

2/ Discoveries leading to promising medicines come from academia, whose research & infrastructure is funded largely by #NIH

For an excellent long read on this, check out Dr William Pao's book, Breakthrough:

jia-luo.bsky.social•22 days ago

3/Promising treatments are brought to the clinic in meticulously designed trials to help patients who participate and future patients

Two of our trials for a life threatening illness affecting young people are developed in our research labs and by us, funded by #NIH with no immediate industry fixes

jia-luo.bsky.social•22 days ago

4/ If you or a loved one have ever participated in a clinical trial testing a promising therapy, the existing infrastructure and staff working tirelessly for you in the background is immense

I alone get 50-100 urgent emails a day about my patients on trials

jia-luo.bsky.social•22 days ago

5/ Additionally, we proudly serve as mentors of the next generation of scientists and investigators

An abrupt cut to our funding and budget will have immense unintended consequences for not just the present but the future of what drives 🇺🇸 exceptionalism

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