Aside from replying to kind correspondence, Hewlett is persisting with research into potential treatments for his condition: advanced oesophageal cancer.
Interestingly, one barrier identified was a lack of research confidence amongst very able practitioners such that, despite the strategies outlined above, a perception persisted that research both took place away from the workplace (indeed, occurred in 'ivory towers' (p.11) [ 12]) and was beyond the capability of a clinician [ 12].
The hesitancy to share data can also persist after research is completed.
In order to further elucidate current understanding about how chimerism arises and why it persists, future research should compare the fate of genetically homogeneous and chimeric corals exposed to various external stressors, such as increased water temperature, low salinity, or pathogens and microbes.
Were this asymmetry to persist, private research organisations and commercial publishers would be able to benefit unfairly from a publically funded knowledge subsidy.
Instead, we sought to determine if this trend has persisted in biomedical research, specifically stem cell research, in two nations with mature science and technology research and development programs, and how policy differences affected the nature of stem cell collaboration.
Our analysis focuses on infectious disease research, and analysis of other areas of scientific research would be needed if these differences persisted for all research areas.
Within some countries and regions, capacity for developing and implementing an NCD intervention research agenda remains relatively limited and challenges in publishing peer-reviewed research persist.
Remarkably, the VICE article does not mention other doctors and researchers at Johns Hopkins University who are leading contributors to newer research proving that persisting Borrelia burgdorferi strains exist, not acknowledged by the IDSA and certainly not by Auwaerter because it contradicts his opinion.
It persisted even when research paradigms shifted.
