Sustainability in biomedical research.

We hear a lot about sustainability these days–sustainability of health and environment, of economic prosperity, of conservation of nature, and so on (3). Great! But what about sustainability in an area that makes so much other sustainability possible? Scientific research . . . and more specifically for our purposes, biomedical research. This editorial continues a theme that I introduced on two previous occasions (1, 2): the funding and management of scientific research. I can only comment on how these matters pertain to my home country, but I suspect that they strike a chord with investigators elsewhere.