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Sequester impact on research results in cuts to promising projects
Posted May 2, 2013
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Huffington Post, MSNBC
Sequester Impact On Medical Research Results In Cuts To Promising Projects
As agencies begin to implement budget cuts due to sequestration, alarm is arising within the research and development community. At Temple, a group of researchers under the leadership of Steven Houser studying heart repair has learned that their funding will be cut by 10 percent. It couldn’t come at a worse time. "We have the best tools that we've ever had to make rapid progress towards developing novel therapies," said Houser, a professor at the School of Medicine.