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Internationally renown scientist Lee Hood, winner of a National Medal of Science, violated the conflict of interest policies of the California stem cell agency earlier this year when he was involved in reviewing applications in a $40 million round to create genomics centers in California.
The agency quietly disclosed the February violation in letters dated April 2 to the leadership of the California Legislature. The letter (full text below) said that Hood “agreed that there was a conflict of interest that he had overlooked.”
The conflict of interest involved a $24 million application that included participation by another eminent scientist, Irv Weissman of Stanford University, and funding for facilities at Stanford.
Hood owns property jointly with Weissman in Montana. In 2008, San Francisco Magazine, in a well-reported piece on the ballot measure that created the stem cell agency, described the property as a ranch and Hood as Weissman's “good buddy.” Hood has co-authored research papers with Weissman. Both are on the scientific advisory board of Cellerant Therapeutics, Inc., of San Carlos, Ca., a firm co-founded by Weissman. Hood's nonprofit...
The agency quietly disclosed the February violation in letters dated April 2 to the leadership of the California Legislature. The letter (full text below) said that Hood “agreed that there was a conflict of interest that he had overlooked.”
The conflict of interest involved a $24 million application that included participation by another eminent scientist, Irv Weissman of Stanford University, and funding for facilities at Stanford.
Hood owns property jointly with Weissman in Montana. In 2008, San Francisco Magazine, in a well-reported piece on the ballot measure that created the stem cell agency, described the property as a ranch and Hood as Weissman's “good buddy.” Hood has co-authored research papers with Weissman. Both are on the scientific advisory board of Cellerant Therapeutics, Inc., of San Carlos, Ca., a firm co-founded by Weissman. Hood's nonprofit...