Originally Posted by girija

This is a good example of how long it takes for a research observation in mice to reach humans even when the conditions are optimal., i.e., good ideas and hypotheses that worked well, people to do the work, funding for the project. Debi's post a while back nicely summarized the flow of research to product, it is very informative. Biology research is complicated, expensive and time consuming. There are very few or mostly not too many ways to speed up the process if you want something that works, has no/few side effects and long lasting.
Rick, most failed projects are due to lack of money rather than neglect from the researchers. OK< here I go defending researchers!!
Girija