Science resumes its place at the Cabinet table

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William Waldegrave is the first Minister for Science since 1959 and is also responsible for the Citizen's Charter. He feels his role is to publicise science and to encourage civil research, looking after research and development in all government departments. The Office of Science and Technology has five statutory research councils. Policy makers consider science among other things, and took action on reducing carbon dioxide emissions in response to scientific arguments, particularly those of Dr Martin Holdgate, previously chief scientist at the Department of the Environment. During 1992 when Great Britain is EC President science will need to be represented as the EC has a full science programme.

United Kingdom, Officials and employees, Political activity, Interview, Science and technology policy, Science and state, Science policy, Waldegrave, William

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Are science and charity too cosy?

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The Wellcome Trust sold shares worth 2.2 billion pounds sterling in Jul 1992, doubling its expenditure on medical research. The government's Medical Research Council budget is lower than that of charities. Charities usually concentrate on specific diseases and neglectunpopular conditions. Some research into applied science is for interest's sake rather than for application. Basic research should be funded by the government. Charities are expected to pay the full economic cost of research projects in the 90's. A public debate on the desired format of medical research is needed.

Finance, Medical research, United Kingdom. Medical Research Council, Wellcome PLC

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Science for love or for money?

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Dr James D Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double helix of DNA in 1953, for which they received the Nobel prize in 1962. In Apr 1992, Dr Watson resigned from his post as director of the US National Center for Human Genome Research after an investigation by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) into possible conflict of interest. He has not profited commercially from his discovery as some American biologists have, but is more of an academic. He opposed the NIH plan to patent gene-sequences identified by scientists and this may have made him enemies.

Behavior, Biography, Ethical aspects, Scientists, Watson, James D.

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