Biotech Values

[poorgradstudent]

OT:

Some folks seem to have an automatic response that gov't is the preferred provider of scientific research and funding for research. That's obviously not true in pharmaceutical development so why should it be in materials science?

I think this depends on what your view is towards the role of biomedical research in society.

We can't turn biomedical research towards a pharmaceutical funding model without fundamentally (h/t Newt) changing its role in society.