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Author(s) -
Schvartzman JuanManuel,
Schvartzman JorgeBernardo
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2008.16
Subject(s) - ask price , economics , business , finance
5 páginas, 1 figura, 1 tabla -- PAGS nros. 216-220Speaking to scientists about the need for more support and funding for basic scientific research usually amounts to ‘preaching to the converted'. Indeed, just a few years ago, there would have been no rationale for writing a defence of such an enterprise. Yet, recent interactions with scientists and physicians have made us aware that even the people who carry out basic research do so with very different objectives. This article is not, therefore, a sermon; rather, it is a wake-up call for scientists to realize that their investigative freedom is being increasingly curtailedJMS is supported by a US Department of Defense (DoD) Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) FY07 Predoctoral Traineeship Award. JBS is supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia Grant #BIO2005-02224Peer reviewe