Original sentence: In response to this claim the National Center for Science Education, an organisation that works in collaboration with National Academy of Sciences, the National Association of Biology Teachers, and the National Science Teachers Association that support the teaching of evolution in public schools , contacted the authors of the papers listed and twenty-six scientists, representing thirty-four of the papers, responded
Edited sentence: In response to this claim the National Center for Science Education, an organisation that works in collaboration with National Academy of Sciences, the National Association of Biology Teachers, and the National Science Teachers Association to defend the teaching of evolution in public schools , contacted the authors of the papers listed and twenty-six scientists, representing thirty-four of the papers, responded