""The UK should step up and say: If Trump won't back this research, we will," the Liberal Democrat leader will say in a speech to his party's conference in Bournemouth on Tuesday."
"The US government said it was "vital to ensure that as many funds as possible go towards direct scientific research costs rather than administrative overheads"."
"'Slashing federal research funding at a time when science is revolutionising cancer care risks leaving millions of patients without the promise and potential of life-saving breakthroughs,' said Clifford Hudis."
Proposal calls for the UK government to offer discounted visas and a fellowship scheme to US cancer scientists whose research has been cancelled under the Trump administration. The measure aims to attract researchers affected by recent US cuts to biomedical research overheads and to counter an "anti-science agenda". The US decision reduced billions from grant overheads to prioritise direct research costs, prompting warnings that the move could be devastating to the pace and progress of cancer research. A Nature poll indicated 75% of its readers considered leaving the US for Europe or Canada. Visa application fees can exceed £1,000 and discount levels have not been specified.
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