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Why pure research is important


NormanH

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There is a utilitarian tendency to believe that only research directed by business is important, so that it can have a direct application

The Nobel Prize for Sir John Gurdon has shown other wise.

As he says himself:

It is particularly pleasing to see how purely basic research, originally

aimed at testing the genetic identity of different cell types in the

body, has turned out to have clear human health prospects.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2012/oct/08/nobel-prize-2012-live-medicine-physiology

What a pity that the Tories wish to kill this off

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