Open this photo in gallery: Harvard University professor Alberto Ascherio lost US$7-million in federal research funding for his award-winning research, which seeks a cure to multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases.Leah Willingham/The Associated Press Harvard University professor Alberto Ascherio’s research is literally frozen. Collected from millions of U.S. soldiers over two decades using millions of dollars from taxpayers, the epidemiology and nutrition scientist has blood samples stored in liquid nitrogen freezers within the university’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The samples are key to his award-winning research, which seeks a cure to multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases. But...