The Case for Basic Biological Research

Trends in Molecular Medicine 25 (2) (2019)
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Abstract

The majority of biomedical and biological research relies on a few molecular biology techniques. Here we show that eight key molecular biology techniques would not exist without basic biological research.We also find that the scientific reward system does not sufficiently value basic biological research into molecular mechanisms.

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Paul Edmund Griffiths
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