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HARDtalk: Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel Prize winning Biologist

24/02/2009

Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel Prize winning Biologist

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Stephen Sackur talks to British Nobel prize winning biologist Sir Paul Nurse.

Stephen Sackur asks British Nobel prize winning biologist Sir Paul Nurse if there is a danger when Government tries to direct scientists.

Preisdent Barack Obama has pledged to restore science to what he calls its rightful place. That means new funding for 'useful science', from green energy innovation to stem cell research. Sir Paul Nurse is a British Nobel prize winning biologist who runs one of America's top research institutions. Stephen Sackur asks him if there is a danger when Government tries to direct the scientists.

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