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Patient power

Patient foundations are not only exploring new funding models but also catalyzing translational research, with notable successes. Jim Kling reports.

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Kling, J. Patient power. Nat Biotechnol 30, 818–820 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2360

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