A few best scientists accused of supervising research on preventing diseases and medicines at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) informed that they were subject to limitation on Tuesday as part of the destructive purge of federal employees conducted by the Secretary for Health and Social Service Robert Kennedy Jr.
Many sources in Nih awarded anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media, confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that at least 10 main investigators who conducted medical research at the agency were released. Among them is Dr. Richard Youle, a leading researcher in the field of neurodegenerative disorders, who previously awarded a breakthrough prize in the field of natural sciences for his breakthrough studies identifying the mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease.
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HHS did not answer Wired questions about the release of NIH scientists. Vianca Rodriguez, spokesman for the agency, pointed to earlier statements of the secretary Kennedy, including plans Last week was announced to eliminate 1,200 NIH jobs in orders, human resources and communication.
Many NIH sources inform that the dismissals include – in addition to employees of the Labor Party, IT and human resources – refreshed older researchers at the National Institute of Neurological Bisorders and Stroke (Ninds), the best scientists from the National Institute on Staging, and several researchers noticed for working in HIV, emerging infectious diseases, as well Dudowice Children’s.
On Tuesday, at a meeting at the Ninds town hall, leadership at this institute expressed confusion about cuts, saying that they were blind through the dismissals of the main investigators or PiS who conduct research teams. Nih It has about 1,200 peaks In 27 centers and institutes. “To get rid of 11 our older Pi … We hope this is a mistake because we can’t find out why they would like to do it,” said Walter Koroshetz, director of Ninds, according to the source present at the meeting.
Laboratories affected by dismissals include the laboratory involved in clinical trials, as well as pre -clinical tests. It is not clear, the employees of Nih said what are the plans for the collected data or what will happen to patients involved in ongoing research.
E -Mail sent on Tuesday to over 2,000 recent graduates of universities, graduates and sub -commercial scholarship holders working in NIH seems to be confirmed by the release of many PiS. “Many of us know someone directly or indirectly, who has received a notification of termination as part of the limited restriction by HHS today,” reads E-mail Sharon Milgram, director of the Office of Intramaral Training & Education Nih, which was shared with Wired.
Nih supports youthful researchers through various programs, usually momentary one- or two-year scholarships. These early care researchers are placed in laboratories under Pi. In his e -Mail, Milgram tells the Scholarship Scholarship holders of the Postbackalamary Nih, research on cancer and visitors of Fellows programs, whose PI received the RIF notification: “I can assure you that meeting the community has not been completed immediately and that we will work with each of you to soon examine the re -assign options.”