Trump administration tells NIH scientists to stop procuring fetal tissue for research

The Trump administration has told NIH scientists to stop procuring new human fetal tissue for experiments while the government reviews all federally funded research that uses fetal tissue obtained from elective abortions. An NIH spokesperson told Science Insider, which first reported the news, that agency scientists were asked to "pause procurements of fetal tissue" until the HHS review wraps up. The suspension impacts two NIH labs. But Science Insider reports the order also impacted the Gladstone Center for HIV Cure Research in San Francisco, which was working with one of the NIH labs. “The decision completely knocked our collaboration off the rails. We were devastated," HIV researcher Warner Greene says.