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Petsko Genome Biology 2011,12:131 /2011/12/10/131 COMMENT Bailing out Gregory A Petsko* My online dictionary de?nes “bail” as a verb meaning, big pharmaceuticals that have chopped programs from among other things, to abandon a commitment, obliga- tion, or responsibility. It’s hard for governments, or public agencies, to bail on commitments that a?ect the lives of many people, because ultimately they are held account- able by those same people. It’s not as hard for the private sector to bail, because most for-pro?t companies see themselves as responsible primaril