The passage below is being revised for precise, conventional expression. Paragraph A [1] A research center received funding from several foundations. [2] Its data-review committee includes no representatives of those organizations. Paragraph B [3] The committee's conclusions remain independent [underlined: ____] the groups that financed the study. [4] A public report explains the center's conflict-of-interest safeguards. Which option best completes sentence 3 about the review committee while preserving the passage's intended meaning?