Science for Sale: The Perils, Rewards, and Delusions of by Daniel S. Greenberg

By Daniel S. Greenberg

In fresh years the scoop media were awash in tales approximately more and more shut ties among collage campuses and multimillion-dollar agencies. Our nation’s universities, the tale is going, attain huge, immense windfalls patenting items of medical examine which were basically funded by means of taxpayers. Meanwhile, hoping for brand new streams of profit from their suggestions, a similar universities are permitting their research—and their very principles—to turn into compromised by way of quests for revenue. yet is that actually the case? Is funds fairly hopelessly corrupting science?

With Science for Sale, acclaimed journalist Daniel S. Greenberg unearths that campus capitalism is more complicated—and much less profitable—than media experiences might recommend. whereas universities seek out company funding, news tales hardly be aware that these money are dwarfed by way of government support and different funds. Also, whereas many universities have organize know-how transfer offices to pursue earnings via patents, a lot of these workplaces were monetary busts. in the meantime, technology is exhibiting symptoms of supplying its personal recommendations, as hugely publicized misdeeds in pursuit of earnings have provoked promising countermeasures in the field.

But simply because the chance is overhyped, Greenberg argues, doesn’t suggest that there’s no chance. From examine that has shifted in a foreign country so organisations can steer clear of rules to conflicts of curiosity in medical publishing, the enticements of cash will continuously be a possibility, they usually can in basic terms be countered in the course of the vigilance of scientists, the clicking, and the public. 

Based on extensive, candid interviews with scientists and directors, Science for Sale may be quintessential to somebody who cares concerning the way forward for medical research.

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