The only surprise here was that Stella didn't smack her hand onto her forehead when she realised the basic science that hadn't occurred to her.
The successful completion of the human genome (as well as several others) has fuelled an explosion of activities in new basic sciences that have spin-offs into biotechnology.
One outcome of the many advances in basic sciences that have been made over the last decades is the prospect of rational vaccine design.
This paper describes the development of technologies for the fuel cycles of oxide, carbide and alloy fuels containing plutonium being pursued in India, and highlights the broad based programme of basic research on Pu science that has provided the confidence for effective utilization of plutonium.
Despite remarkable advances in basic biomedical science that have led to improved patient care, there is a wide and persistent gap in the abilities of researchers and clinicians to understand and appreciate each other.
The EPSRC's focus on asking scientists to predict the impact of their research, in line with wider government policy, does raise legitimate questions about the future of funding for basic science that may have unexpected spinoffs.
In fact, DeRisi tells us there's much less emphasis on achieving goals and more on finding new insights — including in basic science that does not have to be disease-focused.
"He is grounded in the importance of biomedical research," Mr. Seffrin said, "and is absolutely one of the most committed people to basic science that I have ever met".
Describe any basic science work that has successfully been translated to the bedside or community or plans to enhance that translation in the next project period.
Instead, student entrepreneurs who compete in the Wharton BPC have recently turned their attention to another promising arena: health care specifically biotechnology, that combination of medicine, basic science and engineering that has unraveled the human genome and, if it lives up to its promise, could deliver a raft of new treatments for a variety of diseases.
