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Grant System Leads Cancer Researchers to Play It Safe

Date: June 27, 2009

Author: Gina Kolata

QUOTE: One major impediment, scientists agree, is the grant system itself. It has become a sort of jobs program, a way to keep research laboratories going year after year with the understanding that the focus will be on small projects unlikely to take significant steps toward curing cancer.

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Key People:

• Dr. Raynard S. Kington M.D., MBA, Ph.D
• Dr. Robert C. Young M.D.
• Dr. Richard D. Klausner M.D.
• Elias A. Zerhouni
• President Richard M. Nixon

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• American Cancer Society, Inc. (ACS)
• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• New York Times Company

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• Health & Medicine
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  • Health Care Business
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• Personal Finance & Career
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• Science & Technology
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