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NIH Proposes to Open Tax-Funded Research
Johnny Mnemonic writes "The Washington Post is reporting that the NIH "has proposed a major policy change that would require all scientists who receive funding from the agency to make the results of their research available to the public for free." Scientific magazines are screaming, fearing that their subscriptions would diminish--but the common sense nature of the proposal is hard to refute. Why should Americans who funded the research with their tax dollars have to pay again to read the research? Particularly since the web makes pubishing said information inexpensive."
Thanks, I was a little confused. I sometimes get it mixed up with the National Institutes of Ham. Bacon research is at the forefront of national policy these days.
U.S. taxpayers pay $700m for Taxol wonder cancer drug; Bristol-Myers reaps $1700m profit
Oh, c'mon. Give those Bristol-Meyers guys some credit. After all, they generously named the drug after us taxpayers.
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Nothing to do with knights then.....?
The secret of success is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake those, you've got it made. (Marx)
To pointlessly chip in with yet another alternative acroynm: Not Invented Here.
If they are saying "No!" with an accent, then possibly...