A Harvard University researcher is part of a coalition of academics suing to block the Trump administration's efforts to claw back research grants. Why it matters: The researchers behind the lawsuit say the National Institutes of Health cuts are unconstitutional and can thwart medical breakthroughs in preventing,

A Mass. researcher involved in the lawsuit says the grant cancellations are an "attack on scientific progress itself."

The ACLU filed a lawsuit in Boston federal court on behalf of four researchers, the American Public Health Association, the Ibis Reproductive Health and the United Auto Workers union challenging the abrupt decision to revoke at least $1.