The initial proposal, from a committee chaired by social justice and empowerment minister Maneka Gandhi, would have prohibited all animal experimentation without the explicit written approval of the committee (Science, 18 September, p. 1777).
The study was approved by the Ethics committee "Science for Health" under the approval number 20080713/SFH-014/010. Pooled samples were concentrated by 3 kDa filter through low-adsorption membranes (Amicon, Milliore, Billerica, MA).
This, coupled with the fact that he sits on government select committees concerning science, technology and health, feels like a potentially dangerous yet easily avoidable state of affairs.
During the same time period, it became customary to appoint society Fellows to serve on government committees where science was concerned, something that still continues.
But Dr Robin Howie, a member of Watch, the government's advisory committee on science, disagrees.
A 27-member committee of science teachers and other experts appointed by the board wrote the 100-page document.
"The interesting thing here is that this is an individual who sits on the House committee on science and technology but somehow missed science class," the President said.
The Google boss was an adviser to the Obama campaign during the election and has subsequently been appointed as a Presidential committee on science and technology.
For much of his term of office, Ian Gibson, recent chair of the Commons select committee on science and technology, won my steady plaudits.
Although the process might drag on till next spring, a state-appointed committee of science educators has already begun to review the curriculum requirements.
