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But a researcher's grants/patents certainly do depend on proving a particular compound cures gout.
by ahi 17y ago
But a researcher's grants/patents certainly do depend on proving a particular compound cures gout.
- bbgm 17y agoUsually not. The researchers grants depend on figuring out the mechanisms around a certain class of compounds curing gout. A pharma company is going to take that research and find a compound that can be patented (a process that takes a while and rarely gets research funding
- _delirium 17y agoMany researchers also have for-profit companies on the side, and care about whether the results they publish in their day job are good or bad press for those companies. (Especially common in biomed.)