I heard this last night. With Marius, John Gearhart, and William Hurlbut.
Or if you like stupid conspiracy theories, read Larry Moran's summary of the stories spun by people with too much time on their hands. (BTW there is no way that the timing of the three stem cell papers had anything to do with the stem cell legislation, here's why.)
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