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National Institutes of Health officials have urged scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications, two researchers said, in a move that signaled the agency might abandon a promising field of medical research.

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[–] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Europe already benefited from the brain drain in Russia recently. Now it’s poised to get the same promising young minds from the US.

If you want to bring knowledge into the world as a career, it’s natural to move away from places actively moving toward darkness.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 7 points 2 days ago

If you’re wanting to flee the US, China would probably offer some more money but Europe or Canada would offer the better lifestyle.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago

Messenger RNA? No, this is pRNA, postman RNA, completely different thing!

[–] juli@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

This administration is like a script kiddie virus that's just set to find and wipe out data if it contains any mention of keywords hard coded into it.

if data.contains(["dei", "mrna", "vaccines", "abortion"]){
purge (data)
}