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Nature Medicine 11, 105 (2005)
doi:10.1038/nm0205-105

Researchers probe the real effect of placebos

Alla Katsnelson1

  1. New York

For a phenomenon so often disparaged as a trick of the mind, the placebo effect has a starring role in medical research. But spurred by renewed debate on how clinical trials are designed, a handful of researchers are beginning to rethink placebos' use in clinical trials.

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