Blumenthal D
Health Aff (Millwood). 1994 Summer;13(3):176-93. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.13.3.176.
Five decades of almost unwavering federal support of university research in biomedicine have spawned a biotechnology revolution that holds dramatic promise for the public health and the U.S. economy. To make that promise a reality, the federal government now strongly encourages universities to facilitate the practical application of research results by by participating in academic/industry relationships. These relationships are yielding important health and economic benefits, but the new economic entanglements of U.S. universities also could undermine the public trust that has sustained federal support of biomedical research. Thus, efforts to speed the transfer of technologies through academic/industry relationships may have enormous effects on the government/university partnership that gave birth to those technologies.
五十年来，联邦政府对大学的生物医学研究几乎始终给予支持，催生了一场生物技术革命，给公众健康和美国经济带来了巨大希望。为了将这一希望变为现实，联邦政府现在大力鼓励大学通过参与学术/产业合作关系来推动研究成果的实际应用。这些合作关系正在产生重要的健康和经济效益，但美国大学新出现的经济纠葛也可能破坏一直以来支撑联邦政府对生物医学研究支持的公众信任。因此，通过学术/产业合作关系加速技术转让的努力可能会对催生这些技术的政府/大学伙伴关系产生巨大影响。
