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 Trump has ruined Diabetes research: How Tension over Trump Fractured Diabetes Research (they USED GUNS on scientific researchers)
11/09/26 10:08 AM
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/09/science/american-diabetes-association-turmoil.html
It began with an incident at an American Diabetes Association conference. Now a resulting boycott has caused a scientific slowdown, with no end in sight.
On the morning of June 5, he divided 1,000 printouts of the editorial among a dozen colleagues, and they fanned out around the lecture hall.
The A.D.A.’s Scientific Sessions is the Super Bowl of diabetes research. Data on household-name drugs like Ozempic are often unveiled there. The Banting Medal, among the field’s highest honors, is presented there. Diabetes Care, the A.D.A.’s most prestigious journal, has its annual meeting there. This year, over 12,000 attendees were expected.
It didn’t take long for police and security to notice “disruptions,” as the A.D.A.’s chief executive, Charles Henderson, would later describe them. Guards — some with guns and handcuffs on their belts — yanked away editorials, grabbed researchers and escorted them outside. Five scientists were expelled. When a few returned, they were kicked out again and threatened with arrest.
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