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Nature 439, 896-897 (23 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/439896a; Published online 22 February 2006

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US scientists fight political meddling

Colin Macilwain & Geoff Brumfiel

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Nobel laureate attacks government's suppression of research findings.

The rift between US scientists and the administration of President George W. Bush widened last weekend, as Nobel-prizewinning biologist David Baltimore used the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)in St Louis to denounce government suppression of scientific findings.