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... reinvest." Now in its fifth year, the program has met with great enthusiasm from faculty, attracting about 50 proposals each year, about 15 of which are funded. "We had a great idea and no data," said Lockwood, describing the predicament of most faculty members who apply for seed money. The seed progra...One-Time Needles Don't Reduce HIV Among Addicts, Study Shows
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...by themedical community. The specialty has already met the other two challenges, developing a body ofresearch and forming a national organization, Wachter said. A year-long UCSFstudy recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Associationfound that increasing the involvement of hospitalists...6,000 Pharmaceutical Scientists Convene November 15-19 In San Francisco
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