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Published online 4 September 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/455149a
Genomics institute secures its future
$400-million endowment edges Broad Institute towards independence.
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Those of us trying to do science in a developing country can only marvel at this kind of magnificent endowment. It is a pity more philanthropists don't see fit to put serious money into science in the developing world to redress some of the imbalances.
I agree with Jane. Of course, wealthy Americans will more than likely want to endow domestic institutes. In truth, the second richest person in the world is Mexican and the 4th, 5th, and 6th richest people are Indian. I hope they donate their fortunes accordingly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_billionaires
How do we bring the need to 'give more' and 'appropirately' to the 10 richest people of the world. Digamber S. Borgaonkar, Ph.D. www.wiley.com/borgaonkar