Opinion | America's first? That's not the case with regard to your health.

This is Camilla. She is trying to understand how cancer spreads throughout her body. David here is about to treat HIV and Rachel. She is trying to find a new treatment for pediatric brain tumors. Or at least they were. “The Trump administration has so far completed more than $1 billion with National Institutes of Health grants.” “We fired more than 1,300 employees.” “1,700 awards have been cancelled.” “Ohhh.” Thousands of scientists are forced to freeze life-saving research. “All of the cancer-related research grants have ended.” “I don't even know if my lab will exist next year. I don't know. And you and the people you love will suffer from the consequences in the coming years. “We're going to get to treatments for cancer and Alzheimer's and others. We're very close to doing great things.” We've moved us even further with these cruel cuts. Discover the Ozempic Tri-Zone. “Prostate cancer? HIV, Descovy for PREP is a one-day prescription drug that protects HIV. 2002.” For decades, we have attracted the best scientists, access to cutting-edge clinical trials early, and most importantly, it's incredibly cheap to do research in college. Research at university is stealing. And nonetheless, Sebastian's research on mapping the human brain is frozen. Think about schizophrenia and autism. The cost of dollars for these illnesses is enormous, and the emotional cost of these illnesses is Humer. Can I wait? “Apparently, Trump thinks we can do it. His cut is broad, dull and politically motivated, besides the fact that we work at Columbia University. And sometimes, “$8 million to make a mouse.” “There's nothing like transgender mice. We're studying mice that have transgenic mutations in them.” “Everyone can understand the idea of ​​downsizing.” “But we're facing a 40% budget cut.” “It's like a butcher.” “There's no plan.” The pharmaceutical industry is not the motivation to invest in high-risk long-term research that will generate the biggest breakthrough. I can't make money yet. If something is going to work, of course, the private sector can work on it and make great profits. And the damage from these cuts cannot be easily reverted. You need to build the team again. ” “Why are we tearing it apart? I don't understand it.” Since Trump was gone, we are all faced with the tragic reality he created. “If your child or grandchild gets cancer, it will make a difference.” “You want them to have to wait or maybe die because their treatment is delayed?” “The ideas and technology that are being destroyed today, today, in this moment, some of them are irreversible, treatments that should exist in 20 years. And now we don't even know what we've lost.” [MUSIC PLAYING]