UK risks lead in stem cells, warns expert

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The UK's reputation for world-class research in key areas of science, as well as its ability to retain pioneering scientists, will collapse unless serious funding problems are addressed, claims Miodrag Stojkovic, a leading stem cell researcher who is leaving the UK for better facilities in Spain. Stojkovic warns that research in the UK is already falling behind other countries as a result of poor funding and the cumbersome systems that distribute money.

United Kingdom, International aspects, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Stojkovic, Miodrag

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UK fears Europe control

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Leading figures within the science community in the UK are trying to wrestle control of the new European Research Council (ERC) away from the European Commission (EC). It is feared that scientific decisions of the ERC, which will fund up to Euro12 billion of basic research, could be compromised by political demands if control is left in the hands of the EC.

Europe, Government domestic functions, Public affairs, Political activity, Political aspects, Science and technology policy, European Union. European Commission

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