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Nature 456, 166 (13 November 2008) | doi:10.1038/456166b; Published online 12 November 2008

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Italy: restoring axed funds is not enough to cure all ills

Ferdinando Boero1

  1. Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali, Universitá del Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
    Email: boero@unile.it

The Italian government's proposed diversion of funds from scientific research to help boost the economy — discussed in your Editorial 'Cut-throat savings' (Nature 455, 835–836; 2008) — is lamentable.

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