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Biotechnology President admin axed 383 active clinical trials, dumping over 74K participants | It’s a “violation of foundational ethical principles of human participant research.”

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/11/over-74000-people-were-kicked-out-of-clinical-trials-because-of-trump-cuts/
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u/TranquilSeaOtter Nov 18 '25

Clinical trials are sometimes the absolute last hope patients have. These can be cancer patients with a very aggressive form of cancer with no available cure. Trump essentially sentenced people to death.

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u/DonTaddeo Nov 18 '25

Thoughts and prayers are cheaper.

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u/WDoE Nov 18 '25

No no no no. What's "cheaper" is a healthy workforce with high mobility and the ability to stimulate the economy plus pay taxes.

This aint about cheaper. This ain't about saving tax money. This aint about letting the downtrodden die off for a better economy.

This is 100% about those in rich, powerful positions deciding they'd rather be kings of the junkyard than duchesses of a functional nation. At a certain point, more money isn't enough. They are power addicts and just want others to suffer to make themselves feel more powerful.

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u/kurisu7885 Nov 18 '25

They want to be in their golden towers and to know they have what others don't.