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Nature Reviews Neurology 1, 61 (1 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncpneuro0053

Biomedical research: a culture in crisis?

Eva L Feldman

Over the past 10 years, the scope of biomedical research in the US has widened, fueled by the substantial increase in the extramural research budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In parallel, the number of individuals at academic health centers participating in research has increased.