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Crisis in Science Prompts Sharing of Data

Posted by Zonk on from the varieties-of-mice-that-nature-forgot-to-make dept.

Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes "'The crisis in "translational science," or turning basic discoveries into therapies, has been brewing for years, but it hit a depressing nadir in 2005, when just 20 new drugs won approval from the Food and Drug Administration,' Sharon Begley writes in the Wall Street Journal. Concerned researchers and foundations are pushing for more sharing of data between basic scientists and clinical investigators, and Stanford is launching a program to train doctoral students in bench-to-bedside research."

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  1. Can't be true! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    2,000,000 patents were discovered in science last year!

  2. Not Discovered by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 4, Funny

    2,000,000 patents were discovered in science last year!

    Patents are not discoved! They are a God Given Intellectual Property Right, enshrined in the constitution and one of the fundamental Rights of Man*.

    **The fact that corporations are not technically men has no bearing on their applicabilty to corporations. Dissenters will be dealth with.

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  3. Re:Why would the business people want that? by Firehed · · Score: 2, Funny

    But we all know it's impossible that sharing data could be used for good, anyways. Why even bother trying to profit?

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