Do We Need a New Medical Paradigm?

Abstract

The editorial of Albarwani and Tanira entitled: "A call for a quite debate on the future of genetics research" is thought provoking and quite attractive for further discussion and debate. The balanced view of the authors, combined with deep insight is encouraging further dialogue on the subject not only of genetic research but that of biomedical research in general. Although the authors have declared that they "have no intention to undermine the research effort on genetics or the knowledge it has accumulated", I do believe it is imperative to think outside the box and question even the seemingly unquestionable assumptions of modern biomedical practice. My aim here is to build further on the last sentence in the above article where the authors have called for extending the debate to all biomedical research fields. Probably we could elaborate more on the subject from two distinctive, yet related, aspects: the governing paradigm of biomedical research and the drivers of the research enterprise.