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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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Curevo’s shingles vaccine has completed a midstage clinical trial and is likely a few years away from becoming a commercial product, assuming it clears a larger, late-stage study and regulatory approval, Skovronsky said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Mapp Biopharmaceutical has a potential treatment that protected against the Bundibugyo strain in preclinical studies, and an early-stage clinical trial showed it is safe in humans.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

If you’re unsure whether to pay for a battery of lab tests, consider the approach taken by Dr. Andrea Klemes: If it doesn’t have strong clinical trial backing, she doesn’t recommend it.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Neuralink has also been running a clinical trial testing an implant designed to restore speech since last October.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 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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