Now the sciento-tutes have more excuses to apply for yet more research funding from the public trough.
As one who worked for nearly 20 years as an NIH grants research program and review officer, I shudder and wince at the thought. I became increasingly aware that much of even the "best" government-funded scientific research was simply bu!!$#!t repackaged in new ways -- for the main purpose of providing career continuity and advancement to university-based scientists.
So I hung up my green visor and left to start my own business ventures in the real world, in an honest and ethical manner and on my own terms.
Since I left the Gummint I now can feel clean with only one shower a day. I do believe that nobody would notice, care, or be affected -- other than those sucking at the public teat or trough, as the case may be -- if 90% of government-funded biomedical research had never taken place.
"Free at last!! Free at last!!"
Another generally unaddressed confounder of research using living cells and organisms are chronobiological effetcs, i.e., those related to the time of day experimental procedures and results are performed and "harvested," respectively.....
A small but growing number of scientists are warning that these hormones are a hidden element in millions of laboratory experiments – potentially affecting researchers' conclusions on countless aspects of disease... The most commonly used laboratory rodent chows contain soy as a key source of protein. The problem, research has shown, is that soy naturally contains chemicals known as phytoestrogens. These substances can wriggle their way into the lab animals' natural estrogen system, altering their physiology, whether they are male or female.self ping, topic from August.