TY - JOUR KW - COVID 19 KW - Institutional funding of science KW - Medicine and Health Sciences KW - Pandemics KW - Research ethics KW - Research funding KW - Tuberculosis drug discovery KW - Virus testing AU - Bastian Greshake Tzovaras AU - Michael Rera AU - Edwin H. Wintermute AU - Katharina Kloppenborg AU - Juliette Ferry-Danini AU - Guy Aidelberg AU - Rachel Aronoff AU - Ariel Lindner AU - Dusan Misevic AB - 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. BT - PLOS Biology DA - 2021-08-09 DO - 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001349 IS - 8 LA - en N2 - 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. PY - 2021 EP - e3001349 T2 - PLOS Biology TI - Empowering grassroots innovation to accelerate biomedical research UR - https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001349 VL - 19 Y2 - 2024-01-17 SN - 1545-7885 ER -