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As co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, David Scadden hopes to inspire his students to join the ranks of researchers who might one day cure Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s or diabetes. But all too often these days, he is losing out to Wall Street, or... More

As co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, David Scadden hopes to inspire his students to join the ranks of researchers who might one day cure Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s or diabetes. But all too often these days, he is losing out to Wall Street, or other higher-paying pursuits. “They are seeing their senior mentors spending more and more time writing grants and going hat in hand,” Scadden said, in a phone interview. “That’s not a good way to inspire the best and brightest.” Less