In Praise of Senator Ted Kennedy For His Contributions to Biomedical Science

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William,

If you haven't seen this, I thought you might find this interesting...

As reported today in Xconomy/Boston, commentary by Dr. Phillip A. Sharp, Institute Professor at MIT, and formerly the director of the Institute's Center for Cancer Research, the head of its Department of Biology, and the founding director of the McGovern Institute. Dr. Sharp won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on "discontinuous genes" in mammalian cells....

"Earlier this month, I had the tremendous honor of being asked to discuss Senator Ted Kennedy’s remarkable contributions to biomedical science at an event celebrating The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate that was organized by The Massachusetts healthcare and life sciences communities. Following are my comments:"...

Read on at: http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/11/24/in-praise-of-senator-ted-kennedy-for-his-contributions-to-biomedical-science/

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