Medical research has a tendency to break out of the pen you do it in. How many stories start "so I was researching this rare condition X when I noticed that the

Medical research has a tendency to break out of the pen you do it in. How many stories start "so I was researching this rare condition X when I noticed that the mice in test group A started to..."? Just getting a rich guys attention and having him throw some money research's way is a crap-ton better than another jet-helicopter or mega-yacht.