Jobs Lost In Every State And Life-saving Cures Not Discovered: Possible Impacts Of Research Cuts

Rural cancer patients may miss out on cutting-edge treatments in Utah. Therapies for intellectual disorders could stall in Maryland. Red states and blue states alike are poised to lose jobs in research labs and the local businesses serving them.

Ripple effects of the Trump administration's crackdown on U.S. biomedical research promise to reach every corner of America. It's not just about scientists losing their jobs or damaging the local economy their work indirectly supports - scientists around the country say it's about patient health.

"Discoveries are going to be delayed, if they ever happen," said Dr. Kimryn Rathmell, former director of the National Cancer Institute.

It's hard for patients to comprehend how they could lose an undiscovered cure.

Yet "all the people out there who have, you know, sick parents, sick children, this is going to impact," said neuroscientist Richard Huganir of Johns Hopkins University.