PLoS Biology (Aug 2021)

Empowering grassroots innovation to accelerate biomedical research.

  • Bastian Greshake Tzovaras,
  • Michael Rera,
  • Edwin H Wintermute,
  • Katharina Kloppenborg,
  • Juliette Ferry-Danini,
  • Guy Aidelberg,
  • Rachel Aronoff,
  • Ariel Lindner,
  • Dusan Misevic

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001349
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 8
p. e3001349

Abstract

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The purpose of biomedicine is to serve society, yet its hierarchical and closed structure excludes many citizens from the process of innovation. We propose a collection of reforms to better integrate citizens within the research community, reimagining biomedicine as more participatory, inclusive, and responsive to societal needs.