Moonshot Science—Risks and Benefits

Ever since the successful Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969, a “moonshot” has come to signify a bold effort to achieve a seemingly impossible task. The Obama administration recently called for a moonshot to cure cancer, an initiative that has elicited mixed responses from researchers who welcome additi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Arturo Casadevall, Ferric C. Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-08-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/4/e01381-16