**** GERMAN EPISODE **** Follow the money, folge dem Geld, ist eine alte Weisheit wenn man den Kern einer Angelegenheit verstehen will. In der 12. Folge von We're doomed we're saved folgen wir diesem Weg zu den Geldquellen der Biomedizinischen Forschung, zu Regierungszuschüssen, großen Pharmaunternehmen und privaten Stiftungen, wie der Bill und Melinda Gates Foundation, die ganze Forschungszweige quasi im Alleingang finanziert. Solche privaten Geldgeber haben besonders in den USA einen großen Einfluss auf die Forschungslandschaft, obwohl ihre Auswahlkriterien und Transparenz umstritten sind und die Verbindung von Wissenschaftlern und reichen Technokraten das Vertrauen in die Wissenschaft verringern kann.

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