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II. Three major changes: 1.	Career section seems brief and unclear. From Dr. Blackburn’s CV it appears she remained a professor at UCSF until 2014. I suggest adding a link to her CV (it is 53 pages). Also, pertaining to her retiring from the Salk Institute I would include her press statement from the Science Magazine article. I would include the lawsuits against Salk at the time of her announcement because they highlight gender discrimination at the institute, but I believe doing so would go against Wikipedia’s Neutral POV guidelines. Dr. Blackburn is also known for being a strong advocate of women in science, so further research would be needed it provide a balanced and neutral viewpoint. For CV go to:  Main page is:  In a statement released by Salk, Blackburn said: “Being named to lead the Salk Institute unquestionably has been an honor of my life and this decision did not come without a great deal of thought. At this stage in my career and life, I’ve concluded that my energies will be best devoted to wider issues of science policy and ethics—issues in which I have had a deep and longstanding interest—and spent advocating for measures I feel are critical to supporting ongoing scientific research and discovery worldwide.”  2.	More context is needed for the research section. The quote provided without more context to frame it creates confusion. Upon researching the interview quoted it turns out that one of the lines is misquoted, which changes the meaning of the quote. See below. More research is need to provide a time frame for the research Dr. Blackburn conducted. According to her ted talk at  she has been conducting research on telomere’s for fifteen years. For interview section 2/8 go to:  Carol had done this experiment, and we stood, just in the lab, and I remember sort of standing there, and she had this – we call it a gel. It's an autoradiogram, because there was trace amounts of radioactivity that were used to develop an image of the separated DNA products of what turned out to be the telomerase enzyme reaction. I don't remember any details in that area, 'Ah! This could be very big. This looks just right.' It had a pattern to it. There was a regularity to it. There was something that was not just sort of garbage there, and that was really kind of coming through, even though we look back at it now, we'd say, technically, there was this, that and the other, but it was a pattern shining through, and it just had this sort of sense, 'Ah! There's something real here.'

Carol had done this experiment, and we stood, just in the lab, and I remember sort of standing there, and she had this -- we call it a gel. It's an autoradiogram, because there was trace amounts of radioactivity that were used to develop an image of the separated DNA products of what turned out to be the telomerase enzyme reaction. I remember looking at it and just thinking, "Ah! This could be very big. This looks just right." It had a pattern to it. There was a regularity to it. There was something that was not just sort of garbage there, and that was really kind of coming through, even though we look back at it now, we'd say, technically, there was this, that and the other, but it was a pattern shining through, and it just had this sort of sense, "Ah! There's something real here." But then of course, the good scientist has to be very skeptical and immediately say, "Okay, we're going to test this every way around here, and really nail this one way or the other." If it's going to be true, you have to make sure that it's true, because you can get a lot of false leads, especially if you're wanting something to work. 3.	Under Bioethics provide a viable link for Genetics Policy Institute- With research it is discovered that GPI is now known as Regenerative Medicine Foundation. The website describes RMF as a global network of individuals that advocate for patients, science, and technology, including stem cell research.  For the Science Advisory Board Members go to: 