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Nature 432, 662 (9 December 2004) | doi:10.1038/432662a; Published online 8 December 2004

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Inquiry hears claim of threats over lab move

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UK Medical Research Council head accused of threatening staff.

Some of Britain's most eminent academics are embroiled in an unseemly public squabble over plans to relocate a prestigious London research institute.At a House of Commons select committee inquiry on 1 December, neuroscientist Colin Blakemore, head of the Medical Research Council (MRC), was accused of inappropriately influencing the task force investigating site options for the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR).