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THAT is where all the money goes. >"But the dollar amounts attached to the various diseases do appear to be >extremely unfair. Thus, for research on diabetes, with a patient >population estimated at 16 million, NIH spent $313 million in 1997, or >$19.58 per patient. For AIDS-related research, the comparable figures were >775,000 patients, and $1.8 billion for research, or $2,403 per patient. >For breast cancer, even with increased funding, 1.9 million patients and >$409 million for research worked out to $209 per patient." Assuming you agree that the $2,400/ patient (to go up in '99 by [from memory] $150/ patient) NIH outlay of funds for AIDS research is unfair when compared to PD's sub-$100/patient amount, then what as organized group, should we do about it? anything? -=========================================================================== ============================================================