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clinical trial

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  1. the scientific investigation of a new treatment that has shown some benefit in animal or laboratory studies, but that has not yet been proven effective in humans.


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Subsequent scans appeared to show a positive immune response in the brain - and a a small clinical trial is now trying to replicate those results.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Several authors of the study are employed by Atrogi AB and/or own shares in the company, which funded the clinical trial.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

The researchers also conducted an initial Phase I clinical trial involving 48 healthy volunteers and 25 people with type 2 diabetes.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

Abivax shares fell sharply after the French biotech company said some patients developed cancer in a late-stage clinical trial for an experimental bowel-disease drug that was unrelated to the treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Their fifty-three patients were, in effect, a clinical trial, and an astonishingly successful one.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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