Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson's Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH

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NEW: No fewer than 10 principle scientists at NIH investigating emerging infectious diseases and neural disorders were among those fired by RFK Jr. today.

One is an esteemed scientist awarded for breakthrough research into the causes of Parkinson's disease.

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Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.
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[redstatebluegirl]

1. It will take 40 years to repair what eloon has done to science in 40 days.

Young college researchers are already being poached by universities and labs abroad. This scientist will no doubt land abroad with his pedigree.

Lots of research minds that can never be replaced.

[dalton99a]

4. +1

[Wingus Dingus]

2. Everything we taxpayers have invested in for decades to help humanity, thrown into a dumpster

and set on fire. Goddamn them all to hell.

[tanyev]

3. Gosh, I hope they get snatched up by other countries to continue their work.