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Originally Posted by valo403
It means quite simply that without government funded research to get the ball rolling private industry is unlikely to take the initiative, and therefore advancement will be stifled.
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Even after decades of lobbying, the federal government never funded any IVF research, and today the U.S. has the largest IVF industry in the world. Human IVF is a $3 billion a year industry, human reproductive technologies as a whole is a $6.5 billion a year industry, and the total assisted reproduction industry, including animal husbandry, is close to a $16 billion a year industry. All that without any federal funding.
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It’s understandable that researchers are tempted by the prospect of easy money from government sources, but as the record shows, getting government funding is not worth the effort. Only private funding lets researchers do what they need to and leads to truly reliable results.
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http://www.genengnews.com/gen-articl...research/2061/
The article also points out the LONG process that government money takes before the actual researchers actually get it.
Another article talking about private donations.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/333633_stemcells29.html