"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, and pseudoscience (and anything else that interests him).

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The “myth” of basic science?

Post author By Orac
Post date October 27, 2015
77 Comments on The “myth” of basic science?

Who will fund the science of the future?

I’m a clinician, but I’m actually also a translational scientist. It’s not uncommon for those of us in medicine involved in some combination of basic and clinical research to argue about exactly what that means. The idea is translational science is supposed to be the process of “translating” basic science discoveries into the laboratory into […]

Tags anthropogenic global warming, basic science, cancer, climate change denial, Matt Ridley, NIH, philanthropy, science, Terence Kealey, translational science

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NIH funding: The dreaded issue of conformity rears its ugly head again

Post author By Orac
Post date December 10, 2012
8 Comments on NIH funding: The dreaded issue of conformity rears its ugly head again

For all the worship of “translational” research that is currently in vogue, it needs to be remembered that a robust pipeline of basic science progress upon which to base translational research and clinical trials is absolutely essential if progress in medicine is to continue. Without it, progress in SBM will slow and even grind to […]

Tags funding, John Iosnidis, NIH

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