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Nature Medicine 12, 1339 (1 December 2006) | doi:10.1038/nm1206-1339a

Looking back

It was an eventful year to be sure, but what most affected your life? Here's what some of you had to say: The identification of a new strain of extremely or extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) serves as a 'wake up call' for the need for new treatment options which are not drug resistant, and that can shorten dramatically the more-than-six-month treatment regimen. MARIA FREIRE, Global Alliance for TB Drug Development The biggest event in biomedical science this year may be the flat budgeting of the NIH by both Congress and the administration.