The 2008 US presidential election: A look at the candidates

As the race for US president nears the 4 November finish line, Barack Obama and John McCain increasingly talk about the 'change' they would bring to Washington, DC, but what does that mean for biomedical research? Nature Medicine has compiled information from campaign platforms, surveys and debates to shed a bit of light on where the candidates and their running partners stand. — By Coco Ballantyne. See table

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