interferons languished in a sort of scientific Siberia

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An example of simile used in scientific writing:

"The results of both types of studies were unimpressive, undoubtedly because of the small quantities of impure interferon available; consequently, for years studies on interferons were limited to experiments in tissue culture and attempts to produce and purify sufficient quantities of type I interferon from human white blood cells to carry out significant clinical studies, so that in the early 1970s, interferons languished in a scientific Siberia of sorts.

Professor Robert M. Friedman

Friedman R.M. (2008) Clinical uses of interferons. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 65(2):158-62. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2007.03055.x.

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Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.