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Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology 3, 415 (1 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0553

Safety first: messages from Digestive Disease Week 2006

Stephen B Hanauer

Shortly after returning from Digestive Disease Week I was asked by a colleague what I thought were the most important messages from this year's meeting. In reply, I noted that before the meeting I had not gained the impression that many 'breakthrough' clinical science concepts were going to be presented, although incremental progress is evident on many research fronts.