Charities and governments tackle clinical research crisis
New initiatives in the UK and US aim to create an environment more conducive to enabling doctors to train as 'physician-scientists'.
Aug 20, 2001
Laboratory scientists may grab all the headlines — especially as the human genome project enters the final straight — but policy-makers and researchers on both sides of the Atlantic are increasingly aware of a growing crisis in clinical research.
In a commentary to be published in the October issue of
In a bid to bolster clinical research, the Wellcome Trust is pouring £22 million into five new clinical research facilities that will open before the end of the year. At the same time government bodies in the UK and US are introducing fellowships...