Many biomedical researchers spend their careers searching for big discoveries – the next wonder drug, vaccine, or device that’s going to solve the greatest challenges in modern medicine.
But many monumental findings have small beginnings, routed in foundational R&D and a genuine curiosity about basic biology. Just look at the history of Nobel Prize-worthy discoveries, such as CRISPR-Cas or GFP: These discoveries are, at first, not appreciated for the dramatic, long-term impact that they end up having on biotechnology and medicine.1,2
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