- I.V. Pershukov is a professor and doctor of medical sciences, as well as a PhD, who heads the Department of Hospital Therapy with a course in Radiodiagnostics and Oncology at Jalal-Abad State University. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and the American Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (FSCAI).
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“Previously, research institutes and centers actively sought funding for R&D and other scientific work. However, last year, against the backdrop of increased funding for science, it was found that not all allocated funds were used for their intended purpose. This raises an important question: what is actually hindering the development of science?”
Today, science has truly become international. This is especially relevant for medicine, as many key information resources are located in the USA and European Union countries. In particular, the USA has created a powerful free resource organized by Congress—the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which includes a medical library (NLM) that has been functioning since the last century. Currently, this is one of the most effective ways to search for scientific information. By accessing resources at https://www.nlm.nih.gov/, researchers can access a multitude of biomedical reference materials.
The first of these is PubMed®, which claims to contain over 39 million references to literature in the field of biomedicine, including MEDLINE, journals in biological sciences, and online books. These references may include full texts from PubMed Central and publisher websites.
The second resource, PubMed Central®, is a free archive of biomedical literature and life sciences literature managed by the NIH National Library of Medicine.
The third resource, Open-I, offers a search system for biomedical images with open access.
The fourth—MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)—is a controlled vocabulary thesaurus used for indexing articles in PubMed, managed by NLM.
The fifth resource, which recently closed, is ClinicalTrials.gov, where one could learn about clinical studies from around the world. It is important to note that even in the USA, funding can be cut off, making the information on this site potentially outdated. As a result, the site may not process transactions and responses to queries until new appropriations are received. The NIH Clinical Center (NIH research hospital) continues to operate. For more information about its activities, you can visit the site cc.nih.gov, and current data on government operations can be found at opm.gov.
The sixth resource—BLAST (https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi)—is a primary local alignment search tool that looks for areas of similarity between biological sequences by comparing them to databases and calculating statistical significance.
Other medical resources can also be mentioned, but the most important thing is the speed at which researchers can find the necessary information, sometimes literally sifting through topics and phrases to refine their search.
Those who can quickly obtain such answers often become leaders in the scientific “race.”
It is impossible to fully cover the entire field of knowledge, even within one’s specialty. Therefore, libraries serve as important resources that are consulted as needed—sometimes once a month, and sometimes constantly for updating new research and refining ideas.
All these processes require high-quality internet. It is important not only to have the declared connection speed but also to avoid delays, especially during moments of creative search. If the search speed does not keep up with the thought process, it negatively affects the scientist's efficiency.
This is why high-quality internet is important not for entertainment, such as TikTok and YouTube. Science will not disappear, but its development may slow down—or, conversely, accelerate. And the valve regulating this “burner” is the internet.
