How Scientists Can Cross the "Valley of Death" in Biomedical Research (1 of 1) (IMAGE)

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How Scientists Can Cross the "Valley of Death" in Biomedical Research (1 of 1)

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The image shows the Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park, California. Just as gold prospectors saw their hopes for discovery die in the heat of the Death Valley desert, so too many potential new treatments fail in the translation from discovery to clinical application. There are myriad reasons why this translational gap, the so-called Valley of Death, exists, but sole reliance on biology that ignores biography contributes to this persistent challenge. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 13, 2019, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by P. Summers-Trio at Temple University in Philadelphia; and colleagues was titled, "Biology, biography and the translational gap."

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P. Summers-Trio <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2019)

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