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It shouldn't stop at the developing countries. This is why I'd like all medical research to be public.
by gordaco 13y ago
It shouldn't stop at the developing countries.
This is why I'd like all medical research to be public.
- viggity 13y agoNo gang of government bureaucrats will produce the same results at a lower cost than lots of people with the profit motive. The US Government spent $3,000,000,000 trying to map the human genome. Celera spent one tenth that much to do the same thing, at a faster pace.
- gamblor956 13y agoCelera was able to take advantage of the research the Government performed while attempting to map the human genome. No gang of government bureaucrats will produce the same results at a lower cost than lots of people with the profit motive Patently untrue. By definition, a profit motive means that the costs aren't the lowest possible, because they include a markup for profits (or contrapositively, they cut corners to reduce expenses).