Scientists No Longer Sharing Information?

chill writes: "A little while back there was an item here on Slashdot about the debate over public funded research and whether or not it should be required to be "open". Well, here is some ammunition to one side of the debate. It seem there is an article in the Chicago Tribune about the increasing unwillingness of genetic researchers to share supporting information with colleagues. The study is from the Journal of the American Medical Association for those who want more than the second-hand summary of the Trib."

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This is complete bunk

[Ezubaric]

At many of the top research universities in America (such as MIT, Caltech, UM Rolla, and NJIT), I have seen from personal experience that this is not the case. The spirit of academic cooperation and mutual assistance is alive an well.

Any breathing female would certainly be able to find countless opportunities to recieve "genetic information" on any of these campuses.