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Researchers overseeing the clinical trial for the first FDA-approved oral contraceptive claimed the drug gave the Puerto Rican participants power over their family planning. Critics claimed the women were exploited.

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Ten Years On, CAR T Cell Recipient Is Still Cancer-Free

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Participant’s Diagnosis Halts Gene Therapy Clinical Trial

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Gene Therapy Continues to Benefit Kids with Immunodeficiency

Pandemic Accelerates Trend Toward Remote Clinical Trials

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Johnson & Johnson Pauses COVID-19 Vaccine Trials

A Challenge Trial for COVID-19 Would Not Be the First of Its Kind

Two COVID-19 Clinical Trials Seek to Enroll Pregnant Women

Early Results Are Positive for Experimental CRISPR Therapies

Data Sharing in Action: When Drug Companies Open Their Trial Vaults

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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