Reply #8: Sex changes everything... err. [View All]

[LibLabUK]

"So who's the idiot who funded this research, I'd like to know."

The Guardian got Arif to conduct the literature review. I presume they also ponied up the cash for that too. I'd imagine the Urologists who do the surgeries did a large chunk of the actual research (which was being reviewed) in conjuction with the rest of the multidisciplinary team that they work with (psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical nurse specialists). I'd imagine that they fund their research in a number of ways... some of them may give their private patient fees to their research fund (happens in the UK a lot), some will have sponsorships from pharmaceutical companies (they occasionally like to sponsor studies), some may have come from government (in the UK I would expect NICE to have funded some research as the treatment involved is very expensive) and some will come from charities or support groups.

"Since I was a youngster, I actually knew that sex changes weren't effective."

Did you publish your research in a peer-reviewed journal, so that the rest of the medical world could benefit from your insight? :eyes: