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Trials on Trial

Clinical studies under the microscope

summer 2008

“While it is easy to get it wrong with a randomized trial, it is even easier without one.” — Philip Lavori

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Chromosome break

A protein conglomerate called telomerase, has in its short history been implicated in some critical areas of medicine including cancer and aging. MORE . . .

New breed set loose

Mandar Muzumdar came west for medical school at Stanford five years ago. The Harvard graduate was among the first to face a revamped curriculum program that was, if anything, more demanding than before. MORE . . .

Map quest

Stanford researchers have created the highest resolution map of human genetic diversity to date. MORE . . .

Hypnotic State, Seizures Abate

For a month the boy had endured daily episodes of uncontrollable jerking and foaming at the mouth. MORE . . .

Women’s Hearts

Months after joining an exercise group, Valerie Garcia, 48, would stay red in the face, gasping for air. MORE . . .

Fatal Attraction

Four-year-old Braden Eberle was worried. “Mom, I swallowed something.” MORE . . .

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LETTER FROM THE DEAN

Dean Pizzo on clinical trials

THE BACKSTORY

Uneasy Rider

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