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Old May 10, 2014, 06:07 PM
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Oh, I didn't mean that all people working with this are in it for the money. Definitely not. Sorry if I made it seem that way! Not even all companies are in it for the money. However, a lot of companies are and that's the problem. I understand that companies want to invest in something that is profitable, of course, but when that stands in the way of important things like this it becomes a problem (in my opinion). Do you know what I mean?


May I ask what you're working with? I'm curious. This might be a stupid question but do you reckon there's anything an undergrad like myself can do to help? I can't let this go. This whole antibiotic resistance thing.

Yeah, there will always be people only in it for the money, and unfortunately without the money there will be no research. Everything's got a dark side. I think it was Jung who said man is almost half a devil... He had a point...

If you're interested you should look into doing a summer internship with a biotech company. Maybe you could talk to your campus careers office about it?

I've never worked with antibiotics myself, cancer and cardiac drugs mostly. To do the really cool stuff you need a postgraduate degree too. Sigh. One day...
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