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Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

http://www.rdmag.com/News/2011/06/Life-Sciences-Bacteria-Potential-Tre
atment-For-E-Coli-Disease/?et_cid=1644706&et_rid=259410134&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.rdmag.com%2fNews%2f2011%2f06%2fLife-Sciences-Bacteria-Potential-Treatment-For-E-Coli-Disease%2f

Potential treatment for E. coli disease

A potential life-saving treatment for severe E. coli food poisoning outbreaks—developed more than a decade ago—hasn't gone forward into clinical trials because of lack of commercial interest.
Univ. of Adelaide researchers produced a "designer" probiotic bacterium which binds and neutralizes the toxin produced by E. coli, which causes life-threatening attack on the kidneys and blood vessels.
The team of scientists—Dr Adrienne Paton, Associate Professor Renato Morona, and Professor James Paton—showed that mice infected with a highly virulent strain of E. coli were completely protected by the probiotic bacterium.
The research was published in Nature Medicine in 2000 and generated ongoing interest from the scientific and medical community—but the commercial sector hasn't taken up its development for progress into clinical trials in humans.
Professor Paton said after diagnosis of E. coli infection there was a window of opportunity for therapeutic intervention before kidneys started to fail. Antibiotics are not used because they can increase the amount of toxin released in the gut.

http://www.rdmag.com/Featured-Articles/2011/04/Policy-And-Industry-Res
earch-Your-Tax-Dollars-At-Work/

Your Tax Dollars at Work
Survey participants were asked to indicate which sector (government, academia, industry, independent research, or a collaboration of groups) was best suited for R&D success in a range of technology areas. The respondents agreed that government is best suited for nuclear research and space exploration; and universities are best equipped for basic life science, medical research, and basic sciences.
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Who pays?
The question "Should industry reimburse government agencies for the results of scientific research?" generated diverse, passionate comments. Two-thirds of the government-based respondents affirmed that industry should pay. Industry-based respondents were split, with 45% agreeing to reimbursement.

Industry-based researchers recognize the value of government-sponsored research, but some do not want to pay extra for it.

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