ABSTRACT
When research dollars are entrusted in a scientific project that spans years to run its course, the money is allocated for a promise that an idea will morph into an invention that can potentially change the world and help medicine evolve. We don’t hear about the pills that are never bottled, the equipment that never makes it into a surgical theater, or the ointment that never touches skin. The failed experiments are documented, and the materials either trashed or stored away for the next go-round. And some scientists are out of a job, yearning for another committee to have faith in their proposal.
