• The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced the cancellation of NIH grants for animal research involving hormone therapies, amid a broader initiative to cut government spending and regulations under President Trump's administration.

• This move follows Trump's public criticism of such research, mistakenly referring to "transgender mice" in a speech, which actually involved transgenic mice studies for medical research, sparking political and scientific debate.

• The decision aligns with recent reports of NIH terminating grants for LGBTQ+ health research, citing a shift in priorities away from studies based on gender identity, as part of a larger push for government efficiency.

Yesterday, cancelled seven grants for transgender experiments on animals including: - $532K to “use a mouse model to investigate the effects of cross-sex testosterone treatment” - $33K to test “feminizing hormone therapy in the male rat”