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Asked by Seb to Ceri, Marikka, Matt, Rob, Sally on 11 Nov 2014.
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Robert Hampson answered on 11 Nov 2014:
Generally, the process is to release scientific papers so other scientists can read about your discoveries. If the work is likely to be valuable for creating a company, you can file a patent, which only allows you to profit from your work and you can then licence it to companies so they can test and make whatever you have invented for you.
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Sally Cutler answered on 11 Nov 2014:
Hi Seb, the normal route is to publish your findings in a peer reviewed journal if you wanted this to be openly available. If not, you would need to have a patent and to commercialise the cure through collaboration with industrial companies.
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Ceri Dare answered on 11 Nov 2014:
I would write an article in a journal (like a magazine for scientists working in my area). Other scientists would read it and decide whether it was any good – maybe I might have made a mistake, or my results could be explained another way. If I had done well, then my article would be published, then many scientists could read it, see what I have done, and do more work based on what I have found to turn a discovery into a medicine people can take or a thing people can do.
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Marikka Beecroft answered on 11 Nov 2014:
In science to get your work out to other scientists you have to publish your work in a journal! It’s basically a magazine for scientists to read about what new things people have discovered. I think that is the best way to get things out in the scientific community. I work as well with a company so my research will eventually be incorporated into their products and that’s how my discovery will ultimately get out to the world!
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