The damage done – Nature Medicine

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When clinical trials are suddenly halted by US funding cuts, there are repercussions for investigators and patients, and they do not stop at borders.

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06 October 2025
In the version of the article initially published, the Fig. 2 caption read “Researchers who have had NIH grants cancelled or frozen include...” and has now been corrected to “Researchers whose work has been affected by NIH grant cancellations or freezes to NIH administration include...”. Additionally Ophira Ginsburg’s title has been amended to “Senior Advisor for clinical research”. These corrections have been made to the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

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