John Clements
John Clements
capacity challenge dollars focus hoping huge lose millions rebuilding recovery sciences spent
We're hoping to focus on the recovery and rebuilding of the sciences we have. We have spent tens of millions of dollars in building capacity in research. The challenge is not to lose that as we focus on new opportunities. It's a huge challenge.
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It's a continuing process, and it'll continue until the owner shows back up and says, Those are my cells.
individual loss lost research
Every individual has heartbreaking loss stories. Every individual's research is irreplaceable to them. We've all lost a lot.
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I can re-create everything in my lab, but it's going to be painful. Stem cells in the gene banks and the cancer cells in the tumor banks: Those are irreplaceable.
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We're working in the dark; we don't have an inventory list. We had an elevator guy standing waist-deep in sewage-contaminated water, blowing on the wires so we could short-circuit the elevator and get it working.