Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici join OHSU scientists to raise alarms over medical research cuts, others

U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined Rep. Suzanne Bonamici in calling the proposal illegal since Congress already approved the funds. Merkley said the cuts have “life and death stakes.”

The opponents of the cuts noted that research advances at OHSU led to Gleevec, which made leukemia a manageable disease, as well as a new blood test to detect pancreatic cancer and promising research on a potential universal flu vaccine, among many others.