And how carefully can they be expected to handle unpublisheddata, computer code, and research paper drafts that might represent the results of many years and many millions of dollars of effort by a large research team?
The rationale for pursuing stem cell therapy in autism is based on encouraging results of unpublisheddata examining stem cell therapy in children with cerebral palsy, a group of disorders that affect not only movement, but learning, behavior and cognition.
GlaxoSmithKline (nyse: GSK - news - people ) already announced a similar effort to put up a clinical trial registry, after New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed a lawsuit relating to unpublisheddata on Glaxo's antidepressant Paxil.