That's not surprising when you consider the crucial role for - profit industry has always played in the development and deployment of basic scientific discoveries. (sciencemag.org)
For decades, researchers have struggled to translate basic scientific discoveries about cancer into therapeutics that effectively — and with minimal side effects — shrink a tumor. (sciencedaily.com)
Unfortunately, a sad fact is that public perception rarely makes the direct link between new therapies and the painstaking basic scientific discovery work that took place decades before and fuelled their development. (macleans.ca)