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Bill Cassidy: “Basically, at that point, we waived the white flag and we said to depend upon a Federal Government basic science…”

On the recordMarch 22, 2023
Basically, at that point, we waived the white flag and we said to depend upon a Federal Government basic science researcher, and that is not what she or he is interested in, to commercialize or translate the science is not going to happen.
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana

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Cassidy critiques reliance on government researchers for commercialization of science.

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