Trump research cuts stifle discovery and kill morale, UW scientists say • Wisconsin Examiner

Trump research cuts stifle discovery and kill morale, UW scientists say • Wisconsin Examiner

The lobby of the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, where researchers say pauses to federal grants have stifled science. (Henry Redman | Wisconsin Examiner)Earlier this year, Dr. Avtar Roopra, a professor of neuroscience at UW-Madison, published research that shows a drug typically used to treat arthritis halts brain-damaging seizures in mice that have a condition similar to epilepsy. The treatment could be used to provide relief for a s…