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Nature 434, 956 (21 April 2005) | doi:10.1038/434956c; Published online 20 April 2005

Funding shouldn't rely on competing death tolls

David Hilbert1

  1. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, P&S 12-517, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA

I think it is important to note the irony in your News story, "Protest letter accuses health agency of biodefence bias" (Nature 434, 7; 200510.1038/434007a), of researchers who shun the study of disease complaining that a US agency called the National Institutes of Health fails to fund them adequately.

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