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But Blaese, chief of the Clinical Gene Therapy Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute, according to his own "working plan," will move over to Kimeragen, Inc., in Newtown, Pa., in the next few months, while staying involved in clinical protocols at the NIH for at least another year.
Strong Ties
Then who knows? Something in his manner suggests that after 32 years at the NIH, R. Michael Blaese: Still Blazing a Path Of His Own
Reports of his imminent departure, it seems, have been greatly exaggerated. Nearly 7 months after being named chief scientific officer and president of the Molecular Pharmaceuticals Division of a small Pennsylvania biotech company, R. Michael Blaese, M.D. -- one of the world's leading gene therapists -- is still on the National Institutes of Health campus, still a federal employee, and still ensconced in his scenic 10th floor office at the NIH clinical center.