Science in the Balance
The partnership between the U.S. federal government and academic institutions has led to decades of relentless scientific and medical progress. Will it continue to do so?
- April 2025

For more than 75 years, a partnership between the U.S. government and academic institutions has propelled some of the most important medical breakthroughs — from cancer therapies and heart disease treatments to the mapping of the human genome. A campaign to revoke current funding for scientific research and slash future investments in science puts further progress at risk.
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Science in the Balance April 2025
Tracing the Path from Basic Research to Transformative Therapies
Decades of federal funding for science have yielded enormous returns for human health
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Science in the Balance April 2025
A Brief History of Federal Funding for Basic Science
The partnership that transformed American biomedical research
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Science in the Balance April 2025
Solving Medicine’s Most Elusive Mysteries
The Undiagnosed Diseases Network identifies the rarest of diseases and discovers new ones
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