Megan Molteni

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Appeals court reopens the question of who owns patents for groundbreaking CRISPR discovery

2 days ago | statnews.com | Megan Molteni

The now 13-year-long legal saga over who invented CRISPR took yet another unexpected turn on Monday, in a ruling that could not only change U.S. ownership of patent rights to the groundbreaking gene-editing technology but more broadly redefine how the law determines when an invention has been made.
From pandemic preparedness to precious frozen spit, NIH contract terminations cut deep

5 days ago | statnews.com | Megan Molteni |Jason Mast

Jay Tischfield prides himself on his long track record of cellular custodianship. As the founding director of the Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey at Rutgers University, he maintains one of the largest university-based DNA banks in the world — much of it, on behalf of the U.S. government.
Overseas grants could be ‘closed down’ by NIH under new policy, internal email suggests

1 week ago | statnews.com | Megan Molteni

A National Institutes of Health policy change on funding of foreign scientists is far more sweeping than described in a Thursday announcement, according to an internal email that indicates international clinical trials and other research will be strictly vetted going forward.
NIH halts funding for new projects with foreign collaborators, citing national security concerns

1 week ago | statnews.com | Megan Molteni

The National Institutes of Health announced Thursday it will no longer allow subawards to foreign institutions, as part of a national security-minded overhaul to how the agency manages its $47 billion research funding portfolio. The change is likely to cause immediate disruptions to research projects around the world. “Subawards” are NIH funds that a grant recipient can give another organization to carry out a specific piece of the project.
NIH grants plummeted $2.3 billion in Trump’s first months, as federal-academia partnership crumbles

2 weeks ago | statnews.com | Megan Molteni |J. Emory Parker |Jonathan Wosen

The National Institutes of Health has scaled back its awards of new grants by at least $2.3 billion since the beginning of the year, with the biggest shortfalls hitting the study of infectious diseases, heart and lung ailments, and basic research into fundamental biological systems, a new STAT analysis has found.
NIH said to have halted awarding of new grants to more top universities

3 weeks ago | statnews.com | Anil Oza |Megan Molteni

Embattled universities whose funding from the National Institutes of Health has been frozen may face further financial strain as the agency holds off awarding new grants to at least half a dozen of them, according to an email obtained by STAT. The decision could mark the next stage of the Trump administration’s attempts to apply pressure to a suite of elite colleges and universities by withholding research dollars.
Draft Trump budget proposes NIH consolidation and 40% spending cut

4 weeks ago | statnews.com | Megan Molteni |Jonathan Wosen |Anil Oza

A draft Trump administration budget for the Department of Health and Human Services leaked to reporters on Wednesday proposes a massive $20 billion cut for the National Institutes of Health in 2026 — roughly a 40% reduction — and a sweeping consolidation. Previous plans floated by Republican members of Congress have proposed restructuring the NIH’s 27 institutes and centers into 15 revised ones.
Key NIH grant review panels resume meeting, but are not ‘back to normal’

1 month ago | statnews.com | Megan Molteni

After being indefinitely suspended in the first days of the Trump administration, key National Institutes of Health committees that approve research grants resumed meeting this week. It appears to be a positive step toward restoring the flow of billions of dollars in biomedical research funding to universities and medical schools that for months has been significantly staunched.
Federal advisory panel on ethical, legal issues in human health research disbanded

1 month ago | statnews.com | Megan Molteni |Ed Silverman

A committee of experts that advises the Department of Health and Human Services on emerging ethical and legal issues in human health research has been disbanded, according to an email obtained by STAT. The Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections is an 11-member panel of volunteers with expertise in bioethics and regulatory affairs that typically meets three times a year to provide recommendations to HHS’ Office for Human Research Protections.
Trump administration orders NIH to eliminate $2.6 billion in federal contracts

1 month ago | statnews.com | Megan Molteni

Leaders at the National Institutes of Health have been meeting this week to figure out how to cut $2.6 billion in contracts from the biomedical research agency’s budget, according to three people familiar with the matter and internal emails obtained by STAT.

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