Tulane, LSU scientists fear generational loss due to Trump

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Tulane, LSU scientists fear generational loss due to Trump

NEW ORLEANS – Leaders from the city’s medical research community say life-saving advances in the treatment of cancer, diabetes and other chronic diseases could be threatened if the Trump administration follows through with deep cuts to federal grant dollars. Beyond the immediate public health impacts, they also fear the far-reaching effects of losing current and future researchers if the White House makes the reductions it seeks in National Inst…