The dismantling of the National Cancer Institute and the FDA
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And invest in NIH staffers who communicate the science to the community at large, not just the scientists themselves. It takes a village, @alsobrooks.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov

New-onset diabetes may serve as an early marker of pancreatic cancer New-onset diabetes may serve as an early marker of pancreatic cancer

Recent research showed a correlation between new-onset diabetes and pancreatic cancer, suggesting it could be a potential marker for earlier detection.

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Thoughts on the Corrupt High Court Not surprisingly, the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority expressed great skepticism at the...

The Supreme Court is corrupt and we should say that.
@joshtpm.bsky.social:

Supreme Court clears the way for Trump's plans to downsize the federal workforce The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court, via the shadow docket, has greenlighted the DOGE mass firings.

From us at NIH:

The Supreme Court is an arm of Trump and Republican Party.
It is not a court, but a political body. And it must be disempowered if we want functional science in the US. 🧪

World’s premier cancer institute faces crippling cuts and chaos | CNN The Trump administration’s broadsides against scientific research have caused unprecedented upheaval at the National Cancer Institute, the storied federal government research hub that has spearheaded ...

"It's a crap show"
"I really, really don’t understand what they’re trying to achieve”
"People will die"
"Outdated PDQ information is 'really very dangerous'”

Many thanks to @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org for this great piece of investigative journalism. www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/h...

Trump, RFKJ 🧠🪱, and Bhattacharya want to make it HARDER to access cancer information, too.

Gentle reminder that Saturday, 14 June, is #NoKingsDay
Please visit www.nokings.org to find the protest nearest you.
#AltCitizen

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Bill Cassidy was soooo confident in 🧠🪱's assurances that vaccines wouldn't be touched.

Where is Bill Cassidy now?

#WheresBill #SaveCDC #SaveACIP

Jay Bhattacharya, MD, P... & B @NIHDirector_J... • 2h ... We're working to remove ideological influence from science. NIH funding must be based on provable, testable hypotheses, not ideological narratives. Projects that don't meet that bar are discontinued so we can focus on rigorous, impactful research. = 2/5 1742 V333 ill 2.3K 贝企 Jay Bhattacharya, MD, P... v 《 @NIHDirector_J..•2h S S••• NIH hasn't halted legitimate international collaborations. We're simply ensuring accountability, a basic duty when spending taxpayer dollars wisely. We need to know who's doing the research. _ 3/5 1720 © 278 Ill 2.2K 贝

Trump NIH director Bhattacharya took to Twitter to spin the Bethesda Declaration.

We're here to point out his confusion and contradictions. 🫡

First, it is laughable for him to say he's removing ideology. Trump has inserted a rightwing ideology, stripping Harvard of science for ideological reasons.

Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE Support NIH Staff Now!

There is a second support letter that the public can sign.

You can help advance medical
cures in the US, and defend against Trump’s tyrannical attacks on the country, by signing it. Please do. We hope for your support.
And please share with your family and friends!

CN Health Subscribe NIH employees publish 'Bethesda Declaration' in dissent of Trump administration policies UPDATED 8 MIN AGO V By Meg Tirrell NATONA, NSTITUTES

“We urge you as NIH Director to restore grants delayed or terminated for political reasons so that life-saving science can continue.”

Over one hundred NIH employees publish a letter of dissent to Trump administration attacks on medical research, the “Bethesda Declaration.” 🧪

“History has its eyes on you” - Hamilton ⭐️

We are proud of the NIH patriots, including some staff at NCI, for penning their names to the Bethesda Declaration and choosing to be in the right side of history ✊🏼

‘We Dissent’: NIH Workers Protest Trump Policies That ‘Harm the Health of Americans’ - KFF Health News A letter signed by more than 300 National Institutes of Health workers — some still working, others who were fired this year — is an extraordinary public rebuke of actions taken under Director Jay Bha...

NEWS this morning: Hundreds of NIH workers sent a sharply worded letter to Trump officials this morning protesting their actions regarding the agency, saying they are causing a "dramatic reduction in life-saving research.”

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People don’t realize just how much damage this administration is doing to American science—and confidence in American science globally.

Everyone I speak with inside is horrified…

The blowup between Elon and Trump hasn’t ended DOGE, it’s still expanding. Russ Vought now plans to institutionalize DOGE across the federal government, and Elon’s staffers are embedded deep within key agencies.

This tracks.

“The appointment is significant because the institute has never had a political appointee other than the NCI director.”

More and more politicos are being given the keys to drive the narrative at NIH, and now the car is parked in NCI’s driveway. 🤞🏼 Doug Lowy stays in the driver’s seat

Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come Americans are losing an array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy.

One thing the MAHA report is seriously missing: connection to reality. You can’t tackle chronic illness while gutting the workforce that prevents it. Health departments hollowed out, $11b of directed federal support pulled, 20k jobs at health agencies eliminated.

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Our #Alt sibling has a way with words. Perhaps many feel this way after this week. Thanks, @madhouser.altgov.info ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷

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If you are wondering why recently departed senior NIH officials are not speaking out more, there is a legal 1-year cooling off period for matters related to NIH.

Their silence should not be interpreted as complicity or cowardice, but rather respect for the rule of law.

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Work at NCI or know someone who does? Are you a cancer researcher whose work impacted by the funding cuts? We'd like to start collecting stories about how RFKJ 🧠🪱 and JB are affecting you and what the future of NCI/NIH looks like for people who need a bit more education/awareness. Send us an anon DM

Cross-tissue multicellular coordination and its rewiring in cancer - Nature Comprehensive single-cell transcriptomic analysis of 35 human tissues reveals 12 cross-tissue coordinated cellular modules that exhibit intramodule communication and dynamic changes with ageing, and…

How are diverse cell types organized within tissue niches to maintain cohesive function? A recent study systematically identifies cross-tissue, co-occurring cellular modules and how these become rewired in disease. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪 🥽

An ideologically dangerous brainless twit

Thank you for sharing!!!

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“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ

A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

Senate hearing on the FY26 NIH budget with Jay Bhattacharya
June 10, 10am ET
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The Trump admin has illegally fired THOUSANDS of federal employees who work every day to deliver for the American people.
 
People like Keri in MD — whose work promoted US manufacturing & jobs, until she was fired. I shared her story in a hearing with Sec. Lutnick this morning:

Former HHS Chief Blasts Trump's Enablers, Says Policies Will Cost Lives Enabling is 'how you end up with tyranny and dictatorship,' Xavier Becerra says

Xavier Beccera, HHS secretary in the pre-madness era before RFKJ, has broken his silence. 👇

Trump Budget Eliminates Funding for Crucial Global Vaccination Programs

The Trump administration’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year eliminates funding for programs that provide lifesaving vaccines around the world, including immunizations for polio.

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