'''CIRM operates at the nexus of the Political (with a capital P), scientific, institutional, and business forces of an aggressive state that views economic development as a priority.' Its organization, (Hamilton Moses) adds, doesn't help. ' 'Noah's Ark' boards, where each member is appointed to represent a constituency, rarely work.'"
-- Hamilton Moses is a biomedical consultant in Virginia who focuses on non-profit governance, quoted in Nature Reports Stem Cells, from article Sept. 13, 2007, by Monya Baker