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Point of View: Applied research won’t flourish without basic science, 2024, Lorsch, Tabak and Bertagnolli

Discussion in 'Other health news and research' started by SNT Gatchaman, Sep 12, 2024.

  1. SNT Gatchaman

    SNT Gatchaman Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Point of View: Applied research won’t flourish without basic science
    Jon R Lorsch; Lawrence A Tabak; Monica M Bertagnolli

    Three senior figures at the US National Institutes of Health explain why the agency remains committed to supporting basic science and research.

    Link (eLife) [Open Access]

     
    SNT Gatchaman, Sep 12, 2024
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    Creekside Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    "At the moment, applied research seems to be favored, with much attention focused on how the research enterprise can most effectively translate existing scientific information into solutions to real-world problems, including new diagnostics and therapies for diseases." Maybe that should be "translate existing scientific information into profits". Even for the scientist, developing a profitable treatment is more enticing than a citation.
     
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    rvallee Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Actually this is puzzling since one of the biggest issues in science, especially so in medicine, is precisely that findings take 10-20-30 years to be applied in clinical practice. So if that's what's fashionable lately, then wow is it a massive failure.
     
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