Thursday, October 18, 2012

From Nature: Nobel laureate Phil Sharp on CPRIT

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/10/peer-reviewers-resign-from-texas-cancer-institute.html


NATURE NEWS BLOG

Peer reviewers resign from Texas cancer institute



"The first to announce his resignation was the chair, biologist and Nobel laureate Phil Sharp. He spoke with Nature from his office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge about his decision to resign from CPRIT.
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Do you think CPRIT can be salvaged? 
They need to appoint someone with a strong independent voice and visibility. And to assemble a strong peer-review system with no conflict of interest and then use it. That’s what I hope they do."

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