Top British Research Institute Apologises for Rejecting Russian Candidate

Top British Research Institute Apologises for Rejecting Russian Candidate
In this unrelated file image, a cancer researcher examines cells in a 96-well plate at a research facility in Cambridge, England, on Dec. 9, 2014. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images/Cancer Research UK
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One of Britain’s top cancer research institutes has backtracked from rescinding an offer to a Ph.D. candidate because she is Russian.

The matter came to light when a friend of the applicant posted a copy of the letter on Twitter.