Guest guest Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 And yet, over the years, many breakthroughs like these have yet to bear fruit for patients. Why? Perhaps the media over-hype early discoveries. After all, science is complex and unpredictable. We have to first fail - numerous times - before we succeed, but we tend not to hear about the failures. No one gets rewarded for failure. The fact is that many basic discoveries barely get to start the journey down the therapeutic development pipeline. Fascinating observations and creative insights often get lost in translation because they lack funding, incentives, and technical expertise to advance any further. They get stuck in an ever-widening gap in funding and support for the kind of research that moves basic science down the path toward treatments. That gap has come to be called by many the " Valley of Death. " To read the entire paper click the link below: http://fastercures.org/documents/file/FC_Valley_of_Death%2010.pdf Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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