Well, I honestly think in most of these cases it has MUCH more to do with pride than money. > > I'm not trying to overly downplay money--it's always a powerful driver, but watching the people that are in grad school with me... they're not money grubbing assholes. > > I'm also not trying to write off what "bad" scientists are doing, but I totally understand why things like this happen.-I'll grant you the pride/ego part in ivory towers but we are talking about business-driven cancer research. These folks with Ph.D.s are on hire to produce money-making drugs. And they are paid well. Money will always beat pride as a force.