Although both types of research are important, I do believe that research for the future is more important than research for now. Companies make research important for the current generation in order to remain relevant to the public and in order to remain profitable for their discoveries. However, the future research still has the utmost importance because it can potentially change their outlook and audience, maybe even increase their revenues.

Stemming away from the biomedical research for a bit, I will talk a little about another form of research, environmental research. A lot of studies and research that occurred very long ago predicted that if the Earth kept producing high levels of carbon dioxide and methane gas that it would gradually cause an increase in heat on the Earth which would result in melting ice caps and higher sea levels. If it was not for the research that predicted way into the future, the Earth may be even hotter than expected, and change in ways we cannot imagine.

Though there are plenty of examples like this in other forms of research, the same applies for biomedical research. Eventually, the results will help future generations and end up more valuable than the research that only provides information for the current generation.