Open AccessIn Defense of Basic Science Funding: Today's Scientific Discovery Is Tomorrow's Medical Advance
Author(s) -
Marc TessierLavigne
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cold spring harbor perspectives in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.853
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 2472-5412
pISSN - 2157-1422
DOI - 10.1101/cshperspect.a019554
Subject(s) - scientific discovery , engineering ethics , business , engineering , psychology , cognitive science
In this address, I will discuss the importance of basic science in tackling our health problems. I will also describe how the funding cuts are damaging our economic competitiveness and turning our young people away from science.
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