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Old 09-29-2011, 05:36 PM
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In Remembrance
 
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Originally Posted by davew833 View Post
Quotes from first article...

Federal funding for research is tight against the backdrop of an uncertain economy and the money being spent on wars, Freed said.

Federal funding for nine out of every 10 National Institutes of Health grants are denied, Freed says.

“At a time when research could be booming, it has been deliberately cut by poor funding from the federal government,” he said.

Does this make anyone else here really angry? Think of all the money spent on war in the last 10 years (whether you believe the wars were
necessary or not). Money that could have been used to fund research like the article mentions. I mean the effects of phenylbutyrate were discovered in 2003 and there's still not been a double-blind study on it 8 years later? Infuriating!


hi,

we are beyond angry and trying to change it by getting patients in on the research decision making and changing aspects of clinical trials. currently,we are being led by people without pd. that's good for energy but they don't know how it feels. patients are now globally linked for advocacy.
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