Wiliam Lensch, uses only private funding from Harvard but worries about getting in trouble if he merely talks to NIH-funded peers in his lab.

FORBES: Anti-Ban Billionaires

While we gripe about a lack of startup capital, it may be the Canadian startups with the most potential are getting the funded, while the rest are left to bootstrap, borrow, apply for incubators and accelerators, tap into tax credits, etc.

FORBES: Is The Lack of Startup Capital in Canada a Myth?

The bigger question is what happens to all the NIH-funded embryonic stem cell research that is just getting started.

FORBES: Another View On the Stem Cell Decision

Studies funded by the Recovery Act are creating models that will serve as best practices for getting youth to not smoke or convince them to quit early.

FORBES: Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults | SurgeonGeneral.gov