20 Feb ‘Heartbreaking to slow down’: UW-Madison researchers warn funding cuts would delay new treatments for cancer, more

By Sarah Volpenhein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, one of the nation’s top research institutions, are wary of potential cuts to funding under the Trump administration that they warn could slow their work and delay new treatments for cancer and other diseases.

The concerns have grown amidst sweeping layoffs at federal health agencies, a lag in research funding, and efforts by the National Institutes of Health to cut funding for overhead costs at research universities. NIH is a federal agency and major funder of medical research. Read more…