[dopylitty]

All of these amazing therapies coming out of applied biology are based on years and years of basic science that has been done in universities across the world. Much of it funded by the US NIH. Unfortunately funding for basic science is very hard to come by.

Imagine if the billions of dollars being blown on boiling the oceans for a slightly better autocorrect were being used on basic and applied biological research instead. I have no doubt many afflictions would be a thing of the past (at least for those who embrace science instead of superstition).

[tim333]

Some of the autocorrects may help with the bio research, see eg. https://bmmagazine.co.uk/tech/deepmind-chief-predicts-ai-cou...

[conradev]

> In FY2024, NIH received a total program level of $47.311 billion, a decrease in its overall program level (-$368 million, or -0.8%) for the first time since FY2013.

The NIH already gets $47 billion per year, do you think they should get more?

[arrosenberg]

Yes? The return on investment seems obscenely good.