Paywalls slow down the search for a cure for cancer

Credit – Getty Images DDespite significant advances in research and treatments – from liquid biopsy to vaccines, from precision medicine to CAR T-cell therapy – cancer remains the leading cause of death worldwide, claiming approximately 10 million lives each year. And beyond just the devastating human toll, the economic burden of cancer on patients and … Read more

The culture of sharing is a virtue of science that must be promoted

In 1968, US Senator Robert Kennedy quipped that GDP “measures neither our wisdom nor our knowledge – in short, it measures everything except what makes life worth living.” Just as GDP can measure economic growth and prosperity, but not well-being or progress towards sustainable development, the volume of scientific publications is also a measure of … Read more