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Translational Research: The full cycle

Results can be thrust from bench to bedside, but there is also much to be learned by pushing the other way. Heidi Ledford tells tales of clinical trials that have prompted a change in tack.

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Ledford, H. Translational Research: The full cycle. Nature 453, 843–845 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/453843a

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