X-Message-Number: 4466
Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 00:43:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Charles Platt <>
Subject: Preface to Mike Darwin's report

I have just read the version of Mike Darwin's encouraging research
findings which I gather will be posted here on CryoNet. The report
commences with an introduction which I wrote, and which is credited to me.
I had intended this introductory text to be used by Mike as a rough draft
which he would rewrite under his own name. I was playing the role of
"ghost writer." 

Of course I don't mind the intro being credited to me, but in one respect
this creates a misleading impression. In the intro, I used phrases such as
"our research" because I assumed Mike would be putting HIS name on his
(rewritten) version of those phrases. I have had no involvement personally
in the research, nor am I involved in any of the work being done by
BioPreservation. The credit belongs entirely to Mike and his team, and the
words "my" and "our" in the intro should be read as if Mike is speaking
them. 

I am assuming that the first installment of Mike's research report will 
be in the same mailblast as this letter. If the research report is 
delayed, my comments won't make much sense till the report appears.

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