{"id":34,"date":"2007-09-25T01:25:25","date_gmt":"2007-09-25T01:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solveeczema.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/25\/off-topic-the-biggest-threat-to-science\/"},"modified":"2007-09-25T01:25:25","modified_gmt":"2007-09-25T01:25:25","slug":"off-topic-the-biggest-threat-to-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solveeczema.org\/eczemablog\/?p=34","title":{"rendered":"Off Topic – The Biggest Threat to Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just read a great article in Discover Magazine<\/a>‘s October 2007 issue, p.66. The article is called Science Under Siege<\/i>, by Jennifer Washburn.<\/p>\n

I have not found the article on the Internet, probably because the issue – billed as The State of Science in America<\/i> – is still in newstands. This is the first time I’ve seen this magazine.<\/p>\n

The article is about threats to scientific objectivity and innovation from recent trends in research funding. It talks about such things as the effect of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, which granted universities and professors rights to federally funded research; how private funding sources often hide unfavorable research results; how moneyed interests stir up doubt and spur controversy to stave off the negative effects of troublesome facts on business (a method apparently pioneered by the tobacco industry); and how “[s]cientific advisory panels are frequently filled with experts who have close financial ties to the same industries that manufacture the products they review.”<\/p>\n

Over the years, I have witnessed the negative effects on science and medicine discussed in this article. The article makes a pretty good case for the underlying causes, and the urgency of restoring integrity in science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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