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. 2015 Dec;5(4):486-8.
doi: 10.1007/s13142-015-0333-0. Epub 2015 Sep 12.

News from the NIH: using an experimental medicine approach to facilitate translational research

Melissa Riddle  1 ; Science of Behavior Change Working Group
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News from the NIH: using an experimental medicine approach to facilitate translational research

Melissa Riddle et al. Transl Behav Med. 2015 Dec.
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Fig. 1
The experimental medicine approach to intervention development involves testing both whether the intervention engages the intended target and whether target engagement leads to the desired behavior change outcome
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Fig. 2
The experimental approach requires valid measurement of target engagement, ideally with measures or assays at multiple levels
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