The Scientist just published an article in which it was argued that the lack of open scientific debate is stifling progress. The article got readers charged up, with some
Paying attention to the concept of Marketing would have made all the difference in taking the technology that I poured my blood, sweat, and tears into (and the Government poured a lot of money into), and getting it used.
The National Institutes of Health will realize that after-the-fact cures for disease are too expensive. Why cure cancer when we could just prevent it by eating our fruits and vegetables?
But if you think that a "beggar" is going to get grants, choke on this: in the USA right now, only about 1 in 10 grant proposals to NIH get funded. In many other countries, it is even harder than that.