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2. It's the biggest self-own in U.S. history.

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Fri May 29, 2026, 11:16 AM

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For 75 years the U.S. federal government worked with public and private research institutions to discover cures, treatments, and new products. Industry counted on this research to take new ideas and products to market.

Every innovation you can think of came from this partnership. Think a company discovered it? Think again. The original discovery was almost certainly made at a research university, funded with federal dollars.

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