NIH-funded research saved my life. Don’t take the chainsaw to it.
This article was originally published in The Hill by Ryan Manriquez, opinion contributor I was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare neuromuscular disease that weakens muscles over time, making everyday tasks like walking, lifting and even breathing more difficult or even impossible. Until a few years ago, this disease was considered a death sentence […]
Congress wants to cut the smartest investment taxpayers ever made
This article was originally published in The Hill By David Patterson Virtually every smartphone on the planet runs on a chip paid for by American taxpayers — a chip that I helped invent. Now Congress is moving to cut funding for the National Science Foundation that could lead to future breakthroughs. Investing in innovation is […]
Trump is killing the science that powers our future — California must act to save itself
This article was originally published in The Hill by Julia Falo, opinion contributor On Jan. 24, the Atlas Tool disappeared — an interactive dataset on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website that tracks 20 years of data on a range of infectious diseases. Scientists monitoring infection patterns in hepatitis, HIV and others were suddenly flying […]