A scientist (speaker A) reflects on the delay between scientific discovery and real-world implementation, expressing a desire for research to have timely impact on people’s lives. The speaker highlights basic science and animal research—studies of mechanisms, such as how ketones affect the brain—as examples where translation to practice can take years.
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.
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