Chinese scientists and US leadership in the life sciences

Signatories to the Statement

doi:10.1038/s41587-019-0285-x

Chinese scientists and US leadership in the life sciences

Signatories to the Statement

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1261-1263
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Biotechnology
Volume	37
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-019-0285-x
State	Published - 1 Nov 2019
Externally published	Yes

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author = "\{Signatories to the Statement\} and Holtzman, \{Steven H.\} and Ron Cohen and Levin, \{Jeremy M.\} and John Maraganore and Jeff Albers and Aoun, \{Joseph E.\} and Audia, \{James E.\} and Bailey, \{Michael P.\} and Peter Barrett and David Bartel and Bienamie, \{Jean Jacques\} and Blum, \{Robert I.\} and Joshua Boger and Jim Bollenbacher and Bonney, \{Michael W.\} and Bruce Booth and Bradbury, \{Daniel M.\} and Olivier Brandicourt and Eugene Braunwald and Carpenter, \{Anne E.\} and Chang, \{Henry E.\} and Pavan Cheruvu and Gustav Christensen and George Church and Clayman, \{Michael D.\} and Cooney, \{Charles L.\} and Cox, \{Gerald F.\} and Curley, \{Sally J.\} and Bassil Dahiyat and DePinho, \{Ronald A.\} and John Diekman and Douglas Doerfler and Daniel Dornbusch and Douglas, \{Richard H.\} and Deborah Dunsire and Ebright, \{Richard H.\} and Wayne Eskridge and Flesher, \{Gregory J.\} and Kenneth Fong and Formela, \{Jean Francois\} and Kaye Foster-Cheek and Cedric Francois and Franken, \{Michael P.\} and Heather Franklin and Fu, \{Yang Xin\} and Gage, \{L. Patrick\} and Phyllis Gardner and Jason Gardner and Mohamed Genead and Israel Lowy",

note = "Funding Information: United States cannot fail to get the message that they may well be next. We also note that the vast majority of the results of academic biomedical research are not secret; their publication and open exchange are the cornerstone of our success against our common enemy of human disease and suffering. Thomas Jefferson wrote, “He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.” We support the opinions recently published by the editors of Nature (571, 297, 2019) and Nature Biotechnology (37, 827, 2019) and by former US National Institutes of Health director Elias Zerhouni in Science (365, 9, 2019), and advocate for measured policies that will both protect US intellectual property and continue to foster the diversity and collaboration that fuel our ability to advance science and cure disease. At a minimum, universities must effectively communicate and consistently apply their rules governing scientific collaborations and intellectual property obligations, and they, as well as government agencies, must clearly justify their actions when they accuse scientists of malfeasance or seek to dismiss them from their positions.",

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AU - Audia, James E.

AU - Bailey, Michael P.

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AU - Bartel, David

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AU - Clayman, Michael D.

AU - Cooney, Charles L.

AU - Cox, Gerald F.

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N1 - Funding Information: United States cannot fail to get the message that they may well be next. We also note that the vast majority of the results of academic biomedical research are not secret; their publication and open exchange are the cornerstone of our success against our common enemy of human disease and suffering. Thomas Jefferson wrote, “He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.” We support the opinions recently published by the editors of Nature (571, 297, 2019) and Nature Biotechnology (37, 827, 2019) and by former US National Institutes of Health director Elias Zerhouni in Science (365, 9, 2019), and advocate for measured policies that will both protect US intellectual property and continue to foster the diversity and collaboration that fuel our ability to advance science and cure disease. At a minimum, universities must effectively communicate and consistently apply their rules governing scientific collaborations and intellectual property obligations, and they, as well as government agencies, must clearly justify their actions when they accuse scientists of malfeasance or seek to dismiss them from their positions.

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