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. ############################################################## Charles Platt / 1133 Broadway, room 1214 / New York / NY 10010 Phone 212 929 3983 email fax 212 807 6111 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=4466