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Barry Marshall did not have to convince Glaxo Kline Smith. He had to convince other doctors and scientists. I don't believe that companies can often keep genies
by rsheridan6 16y ago
Barry Marshall did not have to convince Glaxo Kline Smith. He had to convince other doctors and scientists. I don't believe that companies can often keep genies in bottles, but dogma and groupthink is another matter.
- karsa 16y agoHe was also ignored totally by all the main stream publications, it was later alleged they had close ties to Glaxo and the editors were fully aware of the significance the impact would have had on Glaxo. http://www.orc.ru/~yur77/pylori.htm http://www.orc.ru/~yur77/pylori.htm
- rsheridan6 16y agoThe article claims, without evidence, that Nature and Science didn't publish Marshall because of ties with Glaxo. Even if that's true, there are a lot of other journals out there. Are they ALL in Glaxos pocket? I doubt it. But they're all reviewed by his peers, who made a living by giving endoscopies and prescriptions to patients every year or so.
- alextp 16y agoPeer review is usually by scientist peers, and not professional peers. I doubt that most academic researchers in medicine were prescribing anything, really.
- rsheridan6 16y agoMDs do research all the time. Some MDs are also phDs. Marshall himself was a doctor/researcher.