>What is the point of this link? NIH is policy, not science. that is outright fantasy. http://nih.gov/about/ http://nih.gov/about/ "NIH is made up of 27 Inst

>What is the point of this link? NIH is policy, not science. that is outright fantasy. http://nih.gov/about/ http://nih.gov/about/ "NIH is made up of 27 Institutes and Centers, each with a specific research agenda, often focusing on particular diseases or body systems." My experience with a specific NIH's center - NCBI - and their work clearly correlates with it, they [ ie. their own researchers] are doing fundamental science. The rest of your statements goes the same way.