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Topic: clinical trials

Two scientists sitting inside a laboratory discussing their research. (Getty Images/Hinterhaus Productions)

The "citizen scientist" generation rises

Mary Elizabeth Williams
3D rendered image, enhanced scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of cancer cells. (Getty Images/koto_feja)

"Curing" cancer is an outdated idea

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Infusion tubes are seen at the bedside of an intubated COVID-19 patient in an intensive care room at the Asklepios Clinic (Getty Images/Matthias Balk)

We've lost the plot on ivermectin

Keith A. Spencer
Vials and a medical syringe seen displayed in front of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States logo. FDA finds the COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Don't fear "unapproved" medicine

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Scientists working in modern biotechnology laboratory (Getty Images)

Who gets promising drugs first?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Few drugs tested for pregnancy safety

Jyoti Madhusoodanan - Undark
In this Sept. 19, 2014, photo, Charles Cook, manager of facilities and operations at Champions Oncology, displays mouse carrying a cancer patient's tumor graft under its skin in a lab in Baltimore. Cancer patients are paying the private lab to breed mice that carry bits of their own tumors so treatments can be tried first on the customized rodents. The idea is to see which drugs might work best on a specific person's specific cancer. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (AP)

From mice to humans

Kimberly McCoy - Massive Science
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Seniors miss clinical trials

Judith Graham - KFF Health News
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Heidi Gardner, Katie Gillies, Shaun Treweek - The Conversation
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Carter's cancer lifesaver

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Ebola drugs on the horizon

Joanna Rothkopf
A scientist separates blood cells from plasma cells to isolate any Ebola RNA in order to test for the virus. (Reuters/Misha Hussain)

A "secret serum" that works?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
The author (second from right), surrounded by her doctors

These doctors saved me

Mary Elizabeth Williams