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Baby is healed with first personalized gene-editing treatment

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1160 points jbredeche | 1 comments | 15 May 25 18:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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javiramos ◴[15 May 25 20:04 UTC] No.43998761[source]▶
Research funded by the NIH which our government is actively gutting
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jmcgough ◴[15 May 25 20:16 UTC] No.43998880[source]▶
Yep, this effort is the culmination of 50 years of research. Could be the last harrah of the NIH with the amount of cuts we've had and the scientists who are taking jobs in other countries.
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declan_roberts ◴[15 May 25 20:42 UTC] No.43999141[source]▶
Unfortunately a staggering amount of research in other countries is largely funded by the NIH/USA.
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1. nopakos ◴[16 May 25 08:33 UTC] No.44003048[source]▶
That may be partially true, but it's also important to understand that the US benefited a lot from that. Scientists from all over the world moved to work in the US, students looked forward to studying there and working in US companies, etc.

That is changing. Children in my country are moving from learning English to French and German in order to study in European universities. This started after Brexit and will accelerate now.