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'Insular and Somewhat Incestuous:' California Stem Cell Agency Grant Review Process

'Insular and Somewhat Incestuous:' California Stem Cell Agency Grant Review Process

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Jan 21, 2013
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'Insular and Somewhat Incestuous:' California Stem Cell Agency Grant Review Process
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How can the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) conclusion about the grant review process at the $3 billion California stem cell agency be summarized? “Insular and somewhat incestuous” is the way one nationally known expert on medical ethics describes it.

The characterization was offered by Arthur Caplan, director of NYU Langone Medical Center’s Division of Me…

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