Trump’s funding cuts set back research on important health issues by years, Harvard scientists say

Harvard University professor Alberto Ascherio lost US$7-million in federal research funding for his award-winning research, which seeks a cure to multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases. Share Save for later Please log in to bookmark this story. Log In Create Free Account

Harvard University professor Alberto Ascherio’s research is literally frozen.

Collected from millions of U.S. soldiers over two decades using millions of dollars from taxpayers, the epidemiology and nutrition scientist has blood samples stored in liquid nitrogen freezers within the university’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The samples are key to his award-winning research, which seeks a cure to multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases. But for months, Ascherio