Swindells Mark
Inpharmatica Ltd, 60 Charlotte Street, London W1T 2NU, UK.
Genome Biol. 2002;3(4):COMMENT2004. doi: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-4-comment2004. Epub 2002 Mar 26.
Big projects in biology - such as the human genome project and a number of related and ensuing enterprises - require big funding. A new tradition is growing in which some types of basic research take place within commercial organizations. This article reviews some of the reasons for this and some of the key players, in the USA, Europe and Japan, and highlights some issues to be considered when deciding whether particular research belongs in a company rather than an academic setting.
生物学领域的大型项目——比如人类基因组计划以及一些相关的后续项目——需要巨额资金。一种新的传统正在形成，即某些类型的基础研究在商业机构内部开展。本文回顾了美国、欧洲和日本出现这种情况的一些原因以及一些关键参与者，并强调了在决定某项特定研究是属于公司还是学术机构时需要考虑的一些问题。
