Ben GreenfieldFounder, Ben Greenfield Life

Bridging the Gap Between Research and Real-Life Applications

11 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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This YouTube video (by Ben Greenfield, uploaded July 11, 2023) discusses the challenge of translating scientific discoveries into real-life applications. The speaker—identifying as a scientist—emphasizes that basic/mechanistic research (often in animals) focuses on molecular mechanisms (for example, studying how ketones affect the brain) and therefore frequently takes years before findings are implemented in practice.

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But most importantly, me being a scientist, I want to have an impact on people's lives, right? Whereas being scientists, yes, you will have an impact eventually, but most scientific discoveries or investigations won't get implemented in real life until years later. Because a lot of efforts, especially with us in basic science research, meaning most of the time we are looking at mechanism of actions. In animal science, for example, we are looking at really molecular changes of, let's say, for example, how ketones affect the brain.