
2025-08-11 21:02:02
Inside science labs trying to survive in the Trump era
Anastasia Khvorova is perched at the edge of a massive scientific opportunity.
Her laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School deploys cutting-edge RNA biology with one aim:
to cure diseases — the ones that rob people of their memories or endanger pregnant women.
Lately, she sees peril all around her.
In the hallway, she bumps into one world-class chemist, then another, whose salaries…