More from Nature re: CPRIT

http://www.nature.com/news/banish-cronyism-1.11642

Banish cronyism

A Texas cancer-research fund needs big fixes to restore badly eroded trust.

23 October 2012

"The e-mail, first publicized by the Houston Chronicle, makes clear that Mansour, an accountant, lawyer and telecommunications entrepreneur, views scientists and scientific review with breathtaking disdain.

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Gilman had given up on a review process that he labelled as corrupted by cronyism and unduly influenced by “really evil” political appointees on the CPRIT’s governing board, motivated by regional Texas rivalries and personal interest."