Humans and other animals suffer from many of the same ailments. Yet, aside from cases in which diseases cross the species barrier, veterinarians and physicians rarely work together to tackle common health problems. That may soon change. Katharine Gammon profiles one cardiologist who is pioneering a species-spanning approach to biomedical research.
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In the June 2012 issue, the article entitled “The vetting process” (Nat. Med. 18, 847–849, 2012) stated that capture myopathy kills up to half of all wildlife brought into captivity. The correct proportion is up to one in ten. The error has been corrected in the PDF and HTML versions of this article.
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Gammon, K. The vetting process. Nat Med 18, 847–849 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0612-847
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