Research funding: What's at stake Researchers like Hopkins neuroscientist Richard Huganir are closing in on cures for devastating genetic disorders. This should be a story of hope—of what humanity can do when we invest in each other. But instead, it's become a story of uncertainty. Just as research teams are approaching success, federal funding for this work is vanishing. Rick Huganir / Published Summer 2025 From the time I was a kid, I was fascinated by the brain. Not because I wanted to be a scientist but because I wanted to understand myself. I didn't talk until I was 5....