Former MO R Senator Roy Blunt was a champion of biomedical

Posted on: February 24, 2025 at 22:43:33 CT

research and the Next Gen Precision Health Building at Mizzou is named in his honor. His name is on it.

This is an opinion piece published in the Columbia Missourian newspaper by a Jefferson City resident:

Increasing annual NIH biomedical research investments will save and improve the lives of millions of people and save many billions in medical and disability costs. I strongly urge both the public and politicians to support higher levels of biomedical research.

Luke Curtis, M.D., is a medical researcher who has 124 medical journal publications. He lives in Jefferson City, and was formerly a biochemistry graduate student at Mizzou.

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/missouri-has-supported-medical-research-but-could-lose-billions-with-nih-cuts/article_f1c44c9e-f063-11ef-ba30-6740b4e61324.html

The Missouri Independent projects Missouri could lose $100m in medical research.

http://missouriindependent.com/2025/02/11/trump-administration-medical-research-cuts-could-mean-100-million-loss-in-missouri/


Edited by KCT-BoneTiger at 22:53:18 on 02/24/25