Last-ditch Effort To Save Center At Vanguard Of Stem Cell Research

摘要

The moment of truth has arrived for a faltering attempt to kick-start Australia's stalled biotech industry. In July, the board of the Australian Stem Cell Centre here sacked CEO Stephen Livesey over disagreements about how quickly ASCC should seek to spin off products. A month later, the board itself stepped down. From 1000 feet, it looks like a disaster," says ASCC founder Alan Trounson, who left in 2003. After a traumatic several weeks, a concerted effort is under way to steer ASCC back on course: An interim board is drafting a new strategic plan that was expected to be presented to the 10 ASCC consortium members and the government after Science went to press.