100k is very little for medical research. Scientific instruments are far far far far more expensive then desktop PCs. And labs are far far far far more expensi

100k is very little for medical research. Scientific instruments are far far far far more expensive then desktop PCs. And labs are far far far far more expensive then garages. I am still waiting for the day when med. tech. is commoditized the way IBM clones were, and the price of scientific research drops so low that almost anyone can dabble in it.