tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post6937184766305813158..comments2024-02-21T19:56:57.057-08:00Comments on California Stem Cell Report: Eleven Top Stem Cell Researchers Back Klein for Re-electionDavid Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077329461962729362noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post-33768514136960885392010-12-13T20:38:51.285-08:002010-12-13T20:38:51.285-08:00Re the right of the Scientific 11 to comment, they...Re the right of the Scientific 11 to comment, they certainly can defend themselves. But I do think that they can and should participate in a public process. Where they slipped up was failing to acknowledge in the letter what they have at stake economically. The CIRM board of directors would be better off if it had regular and robust public involvement of both academic and business scientists and executives at their meetings. Not just at set pieces before the directors actually do their business. But of course CIRM cannot produce the substance of proposed matters before the board in sufficient time to allow intelligent comment from stakeholders. It is effectively a policy that makes it clear that outside comments are not desired.David Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077329461962729362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post-56628900668964676002010-12-13T19:49:55.641-08:002010-12-13T19:49:55.641-08:00The scientists who signed this letter should be as...The scientists who signed this letter should be ashamed of themselves.<br /><br />Two Nobel prize winners prostitute themselves because their institutions have received money from CIRM (and one, Baltimore, has seen his start-up Calimmune receive part of a $20 million grant).<br /><br />The rest of them have received millions in grants from CIRM. How craven, corrupt and self-serving can one be?<br /><br />And these are the people who we are supposed to trust when the issue of private peer review sessions comes up?<br /><br />Clearly, they lack the integrity to realize that they are conflicted from commenting on this by their receiving grants from this agency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post-72538736918146466102010-12-13T17:01:57.007-08:002010-12-13T17:01:57.007-08:00can someone query one of the 11 and ask who drafte...can someone query one of the 11 and ask who drafted thi letter? <br /><br />And, let me guess, will the next thing to happen be Klein will, indeed, get a state paycheck in the range of $150K to $529K?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post-6597026251723760182010-12-13T09:22:11.326-08:002010-12-13T09:22:11.326-08:00Well, it's pretty obvious then who you should ...Well, it's pretty obvious then who you should vote for if you value scientific advancements in medicine. They've made that pretty clear here. I guess we'll have to wait to see what happens but I don't think this will be a huge shocker.Patrick Hakehttp://www.placercountyhomesandland.comnoreply@blogger.com