Imagine That! Investing in Research
The Research!America blog reported last week that Senators Arlen Specter and Tom Harkin have introduced a bill calling for an additional $5.2 billion in research funding for fiscal year 2008.
The blog noted Specter’s comment that “funding for the NIH is grossly insufficient and Congress must do something about this scandalous situation.” This isn’t news to Big Think. Specter called for the same proviso here, arguing that the United States relies on an alert Congress to correct for past mistakes of government.
When Big Think asked Pfizer research scientist Sonia Patel to describe which aspect of her job most surprised others, she said most people don’t understand how long it takes for for a drug to make its way to market. It’s a good argument for pushing through the Specter/Harkin bill.
