[LINK] Einstein's fridge an example for NICTA?

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Chris Maltby wrote:
>>On 2006/Dec/11, at 8:28 PM, Chris Maltby wrote:
<snip>
>>>into areas considered non-commercial is now conducted largely by
>>>charitable foundations.

> On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 08:50:45AM +1100, Kim Holburn wrote:
> 
>>I remember reading about this but can't find anything on it now.
>>Do you have any references?
> 
> 
> I don't have any to hand. There was a fair amount of discussion about
<snip> rate of discovery of new drug types...
....
A lot of Medical Research (including now stem cell research) is
undertaken by foundations to whom donations are tax deductable (this is
a government funded model).

The alternate view is that medical/drug research is being undertaken and
promoted at the expense of Public Health...hence the push (admirably
lead by the great walker JW Howard) for non-medical approaches to
health problems.

Marghanita

PS on this we could compare and contrast the chinese government and the
bill and belinda gates foundation approaches to Malaria in Africa!

WHO/WPRO-China offers hope for malaria
<http://www.wpro.who.int/media_centre/press_releases/pr_20011115.htm>
and
<http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/Pri_Diseases/Malaria/>


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