Science groups urge changes as Congress nears final tax bill: Several provisions seen as harming research and education.

The article reports that the U.S. scientific and academic communities have introduced a campaign to fend off changes to the nation's tax code that can harm higher education, biomedical innovation and can promote renewable energy. Topics discussed include eliminating the orphan drug tax credit, requirement to pay taxes on tuition allowances by graduate students and importance of endowment tax.