https://jeltsch.org/en/tags/mitochondria/Recent content in Mitochondria on Michael’s DomainHugoen-usCopyright © 2002 - 2026 Michael Jeltsch.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:18:18 +0300https://jeltsch.org/en/warburg/Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://jeltsch.org/en/warburg/<p>Wednesday, October 1, 2025, is the European Day of Foundations and Donors. Since we receive close to zero basic research funding, my research is absolutely dependent on external funding. As much of our government&rsquo;s R&amp;D funding has shifted from academic to commercial research (&ldquo;business funding&rdquo;), <a href="https://saatiotrahastot.fi/en/frontpage" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">foundations&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> are keeping cancer research in Finland alive. In the past, a significant amount of money has also been coming from taxpayers&rsquo; money. Most people associate this with US President Richard Nixon, who declared <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_cancer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">War on Cancer&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> in 1971. However, the politically supported &ldquo;War on Cancer&rdquo; was not, as often claimed, started by Nixon. The war against cancer had been a priority of politicians of a very different kind almost 40 years earlier.</p>