Trump funding cuts may force Alzheimer’s disease study to shut down, affecting 600 aging adults
Researchers were given 90 days to shut down the study – more than five months earlier than planned. The cancelation of clinical trials alone has impacted more than 74,000 participants nationally, a Jama study showed. The two neighborhoods being studied were historically ‘red-lined’ – areas denied access to mortgages, loans or insurance based on race.Black Americans are twice as likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease compared to white counterparts, but far less likely to be included in studies.
- ▪Researchers were given 90 days to shut down the study – more than five months earlier than planned.
- ▪The cancelation of clinical trials alone has impacted more than 74,000 participants nationally, a Jama study showed.
- ▪The two neighborhoods being studied were historically ‘red-lined’ – areas denied access to mortgages, loans or insurance based on race.Black Americans are twice as likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease compared to white counterparts, bu
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‘Researchers were given 90 days to shut down the study – more than five months earlier than planned.’ Photograph: Popartic/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘Researchers were given 90 days to shut down the study – more than five months earlier than planned.’ Photograph: Popartic/Getty ImagesTrump administrationTrump funding cuts may force Alzheimer’s disease study to shut down, affecting 600 aging adults The Trump administration canceled a grant studying two low-income, majority Black neighborhoods in PittsburghJessica GlenzaThu 17 Sep 2026 07.00 EDTLast modified on Thu 17 Sep 2026 07.02 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleScientific funding cuts imposed by the Trump administration may force researchers to close a study on Alzheimer’s disease risk among 600 aging people without sharing…
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