U.S. universities file lawsuit against medical research funding cuts


LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Several U.S. universities, along with the U.S. Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and the American Council on Education (ACE), have filed a legal challenge against the Donald Trump administration's decision to cut costs associated with U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, seeks to halt the proposed cuts, arguing they violate established federal grant regulations and administrative law.

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