THIS SHOULDN'T BE A REVELATION,,,

but some wingnuts are so wrapped up in the glories of the Free Market Fairy that they are unaware of the many substantial contributions the Federal government and universities have made to research. This recent Reuters article can serve to highlight this:

Silencing approach saves monkeys from Ebola: study

Maggie Fox
WASHINGTON
Fri May 28, 2010 3:54pm ED

(Reuters) - A gene silencing approach can save monkeys from high doses of the most lethal strain of Ebola virus in what researchers call the most viable route yet to treating the deadly and frightening infection.

"The delivery system is the real key," said Thomas Geisbert of Boston University School of Medicine, who did some of the work while at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Fort Detrick, Maryland.

Now the company and researchers are seeking U.S. federal funding to continue their work, Geisbert said.

Last week a team at the National Institutes of Health reported they had developed a vaccine that protects monkeys against several strains of Ebola.