Persecuted MIT Stem Cell Research Professor Locked Out of Laboratory

Life News ^ | 7/2/07 | Steven Ertelt

[Gay State Conservative]

I grew up in Newton...

It's a small world! I grew up in the Highlands...how about you?

[stephenjohnbanker]

“How did you wind up being a conservative?”

My dad was a conservative(mom was a bleeding heart lib, but a great mom). When I was 14, I happened across a copy of National Review. Russell Kirk, WFB, et.al. I was sold on the truth a few issues later.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“So are the Harvard business faculty any more sane than their arts faculty?”

Much more sane!

[wagglebee]

Good to hear. GWB also got his MBA from Harvard, but his conservative credentials have turned out to be much more lacking than even the skeptics thought.

[stephenjohnbanker]

I grew up in Newtonville, right off Albemarle Rd, near the Fessenden School.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“And there’s certainly *no* way that word has gotten around the scientific community about his moral/philosophical position about stem cell research and that he was “black balled” (no pun intended) by the editors of publications in which researchers of his ilk would submit articles,right?

Given his CV and his very,*very* un-PC views on stem cell research I’d bet my last nickel that lack of productivity or scholarship isn’t the *real* reason he was denied tenure.”

Agree 100% !

BUMP

[stephenjohnbanker]

I never the Bush clan were conservatives....they both threw us a bone, and went for the NWO!

[newguy357]

It isn’t racism. It is intolerance for opposing views.

No it isn't. MIT is known as one of the world's top academic institutions because its requirements are among the highest. This man has not produced enough good quality research.

[ArmyBratproud]

The prof was NOT a victim of racism.

He was dumb enough to use bad science that he knew was false.

So he should lose his job.

[newguy357]

Given his CV and his very,*very* un-PC views on stem cell research I'd bet my last nickel that lack of productivity or scholarship isn't the *real* reason he was denied tenure.

Or maybe he wears pink underwear and that's the reason. Again, it is irrelevant. Even if his stem cell views were in-line with leftists, his record would still demand that he be denied tenure.

[G Larry]

In a furtherence of “symbolism over substance” embraced by the left, the University is more interested in Grant Money than beneficial Scientific/Medical Research.

[Gay State Conservative]

No it isn't. MIT is known as one of the world's top academic institutions because its requirements are among the highest. This man has not produced enough good quality research.

Says who?

[DJ MacWoW]

I’m pro-life, but as an MIT guy I can say this particular gentleman seems to deserve the tenure denial.

Why.

[DJ MacWoW]

Yeah! He's SUCH a slacker! /humor

His adult stem cell research has been widely heralded and, in September, he won a prestigious Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health and a $2.5 million grant.

[newguy357]

His departmental peers. Look at what they did to achieve tenure.

[DJ MacWoW]

newguy357 :This man has not produced enough good quality research.

ArmyBratproud :He was dumb enough to use bad science that he knew was false.

Did you both miss this gem?

His adult stem cell research has been widely heralded and, in September, he won a prestigious Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health and a $2.5 million grant.

[Gay State Conservative]

His departmental peers. Look at what they did to achieve tenure.

Would you care to hazard a guess as to what his departmental peers think about embryonic stem cell research? Or would you hazard a guess as to what the editors of publications connected to stem cell research think of the opinions of individuals like this man?

Do you think it might be possible that the embryonic stem cell research "community" might see views of those like Dr Sherley as a threat to the research grant "gravy train"?

[loveadultstemcells]

Most of his colleagues work with adult stem cells, and NIH funding for work with adult stem cells far exceeds funding for ES cells. The theory that he was opposed for his stem cell opinions does not hold water. Some of his colleagues, like him, object to creation of ES cells. You can easily find such information in the press releases this year about work by his colleagues (no press released about his work, as he does not publish).

[Coleus]

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[Pinkbell]

He may be being discriminated against but certainly not because of race. The discrimination comes from opposing view points.