American Nobelists Fear for Research Future as U.S. Cuts Science

Three U.S. scientists who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for insights on the transport system of cells said discoveries through basic research are threatened by government inaction and budget cuts.

James Rothman, 62, professor of biomedical sciences at Yale University; Randy Schekman, 64, professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley; and Thomas C. Suedhof, 57, a physiology professor at Stanford University, yesterday won the prize for detailing how chemicals produced by cells are shuttled from one place to another. The work has led to new production methods for insulin and opened new avenues for treating disease.