CPRIT: "widespread rebuke from scientists and the resignations of embattled state officials came faster than medical discoveries"

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Criminal probe adds to Texas cancer agency woes

Posted: Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:33 pm | Updated: 4:01 pm, Sun Dec 16, 2012.

Associated Press |

Texas put up $3 billion in taxpayer money and promised cancer breakthroughs. But a criminal investigation, widespread rebuke from scientists and the resignations of embattled state officials came faster than medical discoveries.

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"People expected that we get some good results. Not that we make people rich in private companies doing cancer research," said Cathy Bonner, a cancer survivor who was a close aide to former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, and who helped brainstorm the idea for CPRIT. "I can't imagine anything lower than misuse of research money that's meant to save people's lives."