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Proposed NIH Funding Cuts Could Harm Research at IU and Purdue

By Sarah Fentem, IPB News | Published on in Health, Politics

President Donald Trump’s proposed budget, released yesterday (Thursday), includes a 20 percent cut to the National Institutes of Health. The NIH is a major engine for biomedical research, and as Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Sarah Fentem reports, the budget would affect research done at universities including Indiana University Bloomington and Purdue.