tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post2596559204981260237..comments2024-02-21T19:56:57.057-08:00Comments on California Stem Cell Report: Read This Item to See What CIRM Has Expunged From Its Web SiteDavid Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077329461962729362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post-34097371551135253412010-12-07T09:01:40.361-08:002010-12-07T09:01:40.361-08:00Note the coverage in Nature of the situation at CI...Note the coverage in Nature of the situation at CIRM:<br /><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101201/full/468620a.html?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20101207" rel="nofollow">Stem cells: The impatient advocate </a> [ Nature 468, 620-623 (2010) ]<br /><br />Of the CIRM requirement -- a direct knowledge of bond financing. --, note the rather sad misunderstanding by CIRM of requirements for tax-exempt bonds, a mistake which cost California taxpayers quite a bit of money. <br /><br />This is part of continued misunderstanding by CIRM of the role of intellectual property in a state-financed research venture, a matter which has also cost California taxpayers a bit of money.Lawrence B. Eberthttp://ipbiz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post-12144442321952796342010-12-06T17:56:17.458-08:002010-12-06T17:56:17.458-08:00Oh, so CIRM puts placeholders on its agenda to &qu...Oh, so CIRM puts placeholders on its agenda to "preserve" the right to discuss issues? How dainty! Why, then, didn't they put on the agenda "Sunday night dinner in Potola", just so ya'll will know that we're gonna talk about how Klein is to replace Klein, but now you wait a doggone minute here before you get all excited, YOU'RE NOT INVITED!"<br /><br />Or maybe this Sunday night dinner came together just-all-of-a- sudden, with MULTIPLE PEOPLE just gettin' together outta thin air, on a little ol' bit of notice, and there really was just no time at all to put a little ol' placeholder on the little ol' thing like a state agency meetin' agenda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com