Mary Yost wrote:
> Last Friday I had a few free hours on a family trip to Washington DC, so I
> took the standard tourist tour of NIH. What a vast empire! The
> communications staff member took us to the roof of the main building so we
> could have a bird's-eye view of the 300 acres of their realm. She walked
> us through the pathology lab, which is as large as a football field. New
> buildings are going up everywhere.
This end of NIH is a massive behemouth. ..I'm not sure a lot of
innovation is coming out of all this...though it has potential to be helpful.
Too many civil servants.
Out where you can't see them from a rooftop are the recipients of NIH grants
for research. Smaller labs struggling in their own way, but, possibly, more
strongly motivated (publish or perish doesn't quite do it justice) and more
focused.
Some of the latest NEWS: items seem to be coming from the drug companies
and universities. And, recently there is news of funding some Parkinson
"centers", each with its own unique contribution.
I also think that the NIH initiative for electronic
publication of research (with both positive
and negative results) is a massive step in the right direction.
It will get info out there faster and cheaper and possibly
to more viewers. Couldn't see that from the rooftop.
Don't let the behemouth get you down.
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> Mary Yost, 51, diagnosed 1990
Ray Strand
not the doctor
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