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Paywalls Are Slowing the Search for Cancer Treatment

Credit – Getty Images DDespite significant advances in research and treatments—from liquid biopsies to vaccines, from precision medicine to CAR T-cell therapy—cancer remains the leading cause of death worldwide, killing approximately 10 million people annually. And beyond the devastating human toll, the economic burden of cancer on patients and their families exceeds $21 billion each… Read More »

The culture of sharing is a scientific virtue that should be supported

In 1968, U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy said that GDP “measures neither our wisdom nor our learning; in short, it measures everything except what makes life worthwhile.” Just as GDP can measure economic growth and well-being, but not well-being or progress towards sustainable development, the volume of scientific publications is a measure of quantity, not quality.… Read More »