The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack
This article was originally published in the New York Times By Jeff Coller Dr. Coller directs the RNA Innovation Center at Johns Hopkins University. A slow, heavy desert lizard called the Gila monster can go months between meals. In the early 1990s, a physician-scientist named John Eng grew curious about how it keeps its blood sugar […]
UC president: Proposed research bond critical for scientific progress | Opinion
By James B. Milliken Special to McClatchy Media For the past year and a half, the University of California and our 10 campuses have faced an onslaught of lawsuits, enforcement actions, investigations and threats from the federal government, including attempts to cut and freeze hundreds of millions of dollars in medical and scientific research funding. Though some […]
Close to Home: Safeguarding science to safeguard our communities
This article was originally published in the Press Democrat By Rose L. Snyder | Rose L. Snyder is director of community engagement at Point Blue Conservation Science. In 2015, I evacuated through smoke and falling ash and ultimately lost my home as the Valley Fire tore through Middletown. Having relocated to Sonoma County, I lost another […]
EdSource: University of California pushes for $12B scientific research bond to counter federal cuts
This article originally appeared in EdSource. By Michael Burke David Boyer is stuck in a waiting game. For more than 18 months, silence from the National Institutes of Health on a crucial grant decision has thrown his research developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease into uncertain territory. His application received a favorable impact score, the main […]
President Trump seeks control of science funding
Heard on Morning Edition By Katia Riddle The Trump administration is pursuing a bureaucratic rule change that could allow for greater political influence over billions of dollars in federal research grants. The new rule would have a broad impact on research fields, including housing and transportation. Health and science funding would be most significantly affected. “Although research […]
Michael J. Fox: California is at the center of the fight against Parkinson’s
This article was originally published in the LA Times By Michael J Fox What will it take to cure Parkinson’s disease? It’s one of the first questions I asked when I was diagnosed in 1991, and one that patients and families still ask today. A lot has changed in those three decades, and thanks to […]
My Son Never Turned 7. Because of Choices in Washington, Others Won’t Either.
This article was originally published in the New York Times. By Zain Habboo My son Rakan was 5 years old when I first said the word “cancer” to a doctor. They looked at me the way doctors sometimes look at mothers, as if I were afraid of my shadow. It was allergies, they said. Gas. The […]
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
This article was originally published in the New York Times A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science. In the past decade, the National Institutes of Health awarded top scientists $9 billion in competitive grants each year, to find cures for diseases and improve public health. This year, something unusual happened… Starting […]
Trump administration again suspends UC Berkeley research grants
By Felicia Mello This article was originally published in Berkeleyside and LA Times The National Science Foundation suspended at least 18 research grants to UC Berkeley last month despite a court injunction restricting such suspensions, according to an attorney representing university scientists in a class-action lawsuit. The NSF declined to comment on the suspensions. The grants include at least […]
Senator Wiener, UC, UAW Announce $23 Billion Bond To Fund Scientific Research While Requiring Drug Discounts For Californians
From the office of Sen. Scott Wiener SACRAMENTO – In the face of unprecedented federal cuts to scientific research, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) announced SB 895, bipartisan legislation to authorize a $23 billion bond for the November 2026 ballot to fund scientific research in California. SB 895 establishes the California Foundation for Science and Health […]