A federal judge ruled directives from the Trump administration that led to the cancellations of research grants from the NIH were "void" and "illegal."

In a ruling issued Monday, the judge called the government’s directives “arbitrary and capricious” and ordered funding for some of the NIH grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent months,

U.S. medical research is at a precipice as President Trump proposes cutting $18 billion from the National Institutes of Health.

Judge William Young called the Trump administration's cancellations "illegal" and cited racial discrimination in his ruling that restores over 360 grants nationwide.

A federal judge Monday ordered the National Institutes of Health to restore grants that the agency cut based on gender ideology or diversity, equity and inclusion, calling the move illegal. Why it matters: Hundreds of millions of dollars in medical research funding cited in the lawsuit are at stake,

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore hundreds of grants from the National Institutes of Health that were cut over “disfavored topics and populations,” including diversity, equity and inclusion, according to published reports.

After a federal judge in Boston ruled Monday that the NIH acted illegally in terminating about 800 research grants, some impacted scientists are unsure what the ruling means for them.

"I've sat on this bench now for 40 years," Judge William Young said. "I've never seen government racial discrimination like this."

The National Institutes of Health is making $50 million available to study autism, but many researchers in the field are leery of the new initiative, which they say is rushed and skirts typical protocols.