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Nature 447, 231-232 (17 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447231b; Published online 16 May 2007

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Philanthropy offers a valuable approach to funding.

In scientific funding, as in agriculture, monoculture is risky. However well-meaning and diligent its paymasters may be, a field that has only one source of funding runs the risk of missing opportunities and succumbing to a shared perception of what is possible and what is not.