President Trump says he is eager to make America healthy again and boost economic growth. His success hinges, in large part, on the National Institutes of Health.

Yet the Trump administration recently paused NIH meetings on new grant applications and proposed a cap on NIH funding for overhead costs. In response, research universities are already cutting studies and rescinding doctoral degree offers.

For decades, the NIH has functioned like a giant venture capital firm operating on behalf........

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