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Science's Worst Enemy: Corporate Funding

And you thought the Bush administration was bad.

By Jennifer Washburn
Discover|Thursday, October 11, 2007

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Research universities, too, are rapidly privatizing. Both public and private institutions now receive a shrinking portion of their overall funding from government sources. They are looking instead to private industry and other commercial activities to enhance their funding. Last summer, an investigation by the San Jose Mercury News found that one-third of Stanford University’s medical school administrators and department heads now have reported financial conflicts of interest related to their own research. These included stock options, consulting fees, and patents.

SOURCE: http://discovermagazine.com/2007/oct/sciences-worst-enemy-private-funding

Imagine what New Frontiers we could have reached, without the corporate academic government axis of trickle down weasels?