Exclusive: Famed Protein Structure Competition Nears End as NIH Grant Money Runs Out

Sickle cell researcher fights back, calling NIH grant termination "racist" and "discriminatory"

A researcher at Duke University, speaks out after her NIH grant for sickle cell research was terminated. The $750,000 funding cut, justified by NIH as a move against diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, has sparked significant controversy.

NIH pulls plug on Black infant health study

Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA.   A federally funded study exploring why Black babies in Detroit are disproportionately born prematurely has been abruptly terminated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as part of a wider effort by the federal government to eliminate research tied to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The study, which focused on how stress associated with racism and poverty might alter gene function and contribute to adverse b…

Exclusive: Famed protein structure competition nears end as NIH grant money runs out

Agency silent on funding renewal for contest that inspired creation of AIs that predicted how proteins would fold