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Nature 369, 602 (23 June 1994); doi:10.1038/369602a0

If it ain't fixed, don't break it ...

Cecil H. Fox

Molecular Histology Labs, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879, USA.

Value-judgements about the need for more 'goal-directed' or 'basic' scientific research beg the question of how the publicly funded scientific enterprise works. An efficient management would start to put things right.

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