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Translational research: 4 ways to fix the clinical trial

Nature volume 477, pages 526–528 (2011)Cite this article

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Clinical trials are crumbling under modern economic and scientific pressures. Nature looks at ways they might be saved.

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Ledford, H. Translational research: 4 ways to fix the clinical trial. Nature 477, 526–528 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/477526a

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