Yesterday's New York Times included a series of letters from readers responding to the paper's op-ed on dealing with cancer. Respondents hail from the Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Public Health Research Institute, among others.
An excerpt from one letter:
Scientific discovery that addresses underlying disease mechanisms requires a union of physicians and academic researchers to develop novel approaches that can adroitly explore areas like host genetics while looking out for new etiologic agents. Unfortunately, such high-risk science that challenges prevailing doctrine has been a casualty in a federal fiscal environment where biomedical financing is approaching 1 in 10 grants. Â