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Nature Medicine 12, 371 (2006)
Published online: 29 March 2006 | doi:10.1038/nm0406-371
Failed prevention trials leave behind bounty of samples
Meredith Wadman1
- Washington, DC
Abstract
Data from the trials' databases might still link diet and disease.
The Women's Health Initiative (WHI), a massive trial that aimed to pinpoint ways to prevent cancer and heart disease, in February reported almost uniformly disappointing results, confounding doctors and the public alike. But most reports of the trial overlooked one important feature: biologists will now have access to a vast database of health records as well as samples of DNA, urine and blood.
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