How the 2025 NIH grant terminations varied by researchers' demographic groups
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Mar 31;123(13):e2527755123.
Authors: Oliveira DFM, Huang Q, Woodruff TK, Uzzi B
Abstract: In early 2025, the NIH unexpectedly terminated 2,291 active research grants, withdrawing $2.45 billion and disrupting thousands of projects. While the economic magnitude of these cuts is known,…
Inorganic profiles of preimplantation embryos and the association of zinc with Nanog expression in the blastocyst
Reproduction. 2026 Jan 15;171(1):xaaf014.
Authors: Balough JL, O'Halloran TV, Duncan FE, Woodruff TK
Abstract:
Elements such as iron, copper, and zinc play essential roles in the mammalian oocyte, egg, and embryo; however, among these metals, zinc plays unique regulatory roles. Temporal fluctuations in zinc…
What we could not have known: ovarian cycles, follicle development, and the signature of life
Mol Hum Reprod. 2026 Jan 7;32(1):gaag010.
Author: Woodruff TK
Abstract: Reproductive science is a discipline of generation and for generations. Our work has focused on the signals that drive reproductive cycles at the organismal and the organ level. The principal endocrine signals of male…