US firm eyeing cell test review
(cz) Pioneer Australian IVF scientist Alan Trounson’s new employer is scrutinising the review of his aborted $1 million research project.
The $A3.6 billion stem cell program in California, which named Prof Trounson as boss in September, was monitoring Monash University’s investigation into his dumped lung regeneration program.
A spokesman for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Dale Carson, said: “We’re aware of the situation and have it under careful review.”
Mr Carlson did not say when or how the centre had learned of the probe, which is focused on one researcher and several progress reports.
Prof Trounson is not under investigation.
He will head the institute from next year, on a salary package of $A580,000, after its board on September 14 unanimously agreed to his appointment, reportedly surprising US and Victorian experts in the field. more…
From: »The Herald Sun«