US EditionWhite House doubles down on Trump’s claim about transgender mice
- The National Institutes of Health allocated $8 million for research on biological sex differences, but only $1.4 million was designated for transgender research, which included studies on Alzheimer’s and PTSD.
- The National Institutes of Health allocated funding for research into biological sex differences, with only $1.4 million directed specifically toward transgender studies.
- Trump falsely claimed that $8 million was allocated to making mice transgender, while fact-checkers confirmed that only $477,121 was earmarked for related research involving feminizing hormones, as clarified by CNN.
- Transgenic mice are those with altered genomes for genetic studies, and these mice do not relate to transgender identities.
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What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: 'Transgender Mice' Research
Last week, President Trump spoke for an hour and 40 minutes before a joint session of Congress to announce, among other things, that America was back. The nation's backness is too subjective to fact check, but other statements Trump made during the speech are less vibe-centric—like the claim that the U.S. has wasted millions of dollars on transgender mouse research. "Just listen to some of the appalling waste we have already identified," Trump s…
White House issues unhinged press release that could have been written by Trump
The boundaries between institutions and politicians are ‘collapsing’, Ian Garner says (Pictures: AP/Getty) An official White House news release has gained attention for the choice of language used in it. In a government website article titled ‘Yes, Biden Spent Millions on Transgender Animal Experiments’, the White House claimed former President Joe Biden spent millions on ‘making mice transgender’. ‘The Fake News losers at CNN immediately tried …
NIH Gave 8 Universities Over $12.5 Million to Study ‘Transgender’ Mice
Campus Reform worked with the White Coat Waste Project and utilized the NIH’s RePORTER to compile a list exposing 10 taxpayer-funded transgender university animal studies funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH). These studies administer transgender hormones to young mice to develop animal models that replicate transgender humans. In many of these studies, scientists inject young female mice typically 26-days-old, with testosterone that …
The ‘transgender mice’ lie: How Trump’s war on science is harming real people • Michigan Advance
Photo by Adam Gault | Getty ImagesThe latest manufactured outrage from the far right? “Transgender mice.” It’s the perfect viral talking point — designed to sound absurd, evoke outrage and make people believe that the government is wasting their money on nonsense. But it’s a lie. The real story? The National Institutes of Health allocated funding to study biological sex differences in the brain — research that helps us understand mental health c…
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The ‘transgender mice’ lie: How Trump’s war on science is harming real people
Photo by Adam Gault | Getty ImagesThe latest manufactured outrage from the far right? “Transgender mice.” It’s the perfect viral talking point — designed to sound absurd, evoke outrage and make people believe that the government is wasting their money on nonsense. But it’s a lie. The real story? The National Institutes of Health allocated funding to study biological sex differences in the brain — research that helps us understand mental health c…
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