Grant review opens up Texas-sized rift

摘要

When Ronald DePinho took the helm at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, last September, he wasn't shy about his ambitions. He is on a "Moon shot" quest, he said, with the aim of making huge gains against five cancers in the next decade, partly by attacking a void in cancer drug development. Wasting no time, DePinho launched a drug-discovery centre, the Institute for Applied Cancer Science (IACS), where his wife, Lynda Chin, was appointed chief scientist.