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Published online 25 January 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060123-9
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Tobacco giant sponsors work on DNA repair
Has Philip Morris broken its promise not to fund medical research?
In a move that seems to break its own promise not to fund medical research, the Philip Morris Foundation has awarded €25,000 (US$31,000) to a chemist at the University of Munich who works on DNA repair.
Anti-smoking lobbies in Germany have campaigned against the four prizes that Philip Morris awards each year in the country, arguing that the research might be used to promote the interests of the tobacco lobby.
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