Revamping the Grant Process
 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/he...side.html?_r=1

Excerpt that resonates most with me:


"Find the Interesting Questions
Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer, American Cancer Society:
What I would try to do is to put 40 or 50 really smart people together and have them meet for two or three days, three or four times, and review the literature and say, ‘these are the best opportunities in a particular area.’ That gives people more freedom to write research proposals about those things."

More of this please. And instead of having a myriad of extremely niche and incremental approaches being funded, how about targeting broader approaches that could largely impact all cancers. And yes, let's get to the bottom of cancer stem cells in case research is currently fundamentally misdirected.

minutes later I find this:
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/articl...ancer-Research

Thanks Rich.. two different stories. I am finding learning the ins and outs of the cancer story very interesting...I watched Living Proof (about the discovery of Herceptin) last night for the first time. Very powerful!!

If we all keep learning maybe some day we can make a difference. Do we know names of cancer lobbyist ?