Editorial. A slippery slope. Nature 2009; 462(7274):699
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v462/n7274/pdf/462699b.pdf
After what appears to be an “arbitrary and ad hoc” decision to cancel a funding committee-approved, animal-use committee-approved study using baboons to test an anthrax vaccine by Oklahoma State University president Burns Hargis, the influence of the university’s wealthy donors on research decisions is questioned.