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Science Friday > Archives > 2003 > January
> January 31, 2003:
Hour One: Financial
Relationships in Medical Publishing / Craig Venter
His company, Celera Genomics, decoded the human genome more quickly
and more cheaply than a huge federally-funded effort. Now he's left
Celera, but definitely hasn't left science. In this hour of Science
Friday, Ira talks with Craig Venter about his philosophy and vision
for genomics. We'll also find out about his other scientific interests,
including a push for alternative energy sources.
Plus, a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical
Association doesn't paint a pretty picture of biomedical research.
"Financial relationships among industry, scientific investigators,
and academic institutions are widespread," write the study authors.
"Conflicts of interest arising from these ties can influence
biomedical research in important ways." We'll talk with one of
the authors of the paper about such conflicts of interest in the research
world.
Call in with your comments and questions at 1-800-989-8255, and share
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Guests:
Cary Gross, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Primary Care Center
Yale University School of
Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
J. Craig Venter
President
The Center for the Advancement of Genomics
The Institute for Biological
Energy Alternatives
The J. Craig Venter Science Foundation
Rockville, Maryland
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
FINDINGS
(washingtonpost.com)
Yale
News Release on Financial Conflicts of Interest Study
TCAG-The
Center for the Advancement of Genomics
Institute
for Biological Energy Alternatives
TIGR
Press Release 8/15/02 - TIGR, IBEA, and TCAG to Create New High-Throughput
Genomic Sequencing Facility
NY
Times: Genome Pioneer Will Start Center of His Own
BBC
NEWS | Science/Nature | Venter tackles global warming
NY
Times: Thrown Aside, Genome Pioneer Plots a Rebound
NPR
: Life in a Dish
NPR
: Celera
This segment produced by Karin
Vergoth and Adrian MacDonald
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