While the Trump administration has its influence on the American scientific landscape, Revise the language on government websites For ideological reasons and Missing agency databasesAt least temporarily, some scientists express growing concerns about the safety and integrity of resources that scientists around the world use daily: information on genetic sequences.
Until recently, few people would have asked if two tools, especially – Genbankthe largest repository of complete genetic sequences in the world, and the Sequence Read archivewhich includes raw data of non -assembled genetic sequences – would never be in danger. These resources, whose centrality to the conduct of science cannot be overestimated, according to researchers, are accommodated and maintained by the National Library of Medicine, a branch of the National Institutes of Health.
A year ago, the NIH would have been widely considered as a global bastion of science; He was the largest public funder for biomedical research in the world. But the Trump administration reported that radical change is underway; the scientific community is already in shock from the word that the NIHs radically cut A key part of his subsidies on which universities count to help cover their costs. The so-called Ministry of Elon Musk’s government efficiency is likely to seek even more cost savings.
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