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Scientists follow the money

By W. Wayt Gibbs

Published: June 17 2005 16:39 | Last updated: June 17 2005 16:39

A brain drain out of the US turns into a gusher for California

Shortly after President Bush announced in August 2001 that federally funded stem cell biologists in the US would have to work under tight restrictions, Roger Pedersen packed his bags for the UK. Pedersen, whose research at the University of California at San Francisco had earned him a place near the top of his field, moved his lab to the more liberal environment of University of Cambridge.

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