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Review
. 2018 Apr 25;10(438):eaaq1787.
doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaq1787.

Fundamental science behind today's important medicines

Jonathan M Spector  1 , Rosemary S Harrison  1 , Mark C Fishman  2
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Review

Fundamental science behind today's important medicines

Jonathan M Spector et al. Sci Transl Med. .

Abstract

Today's most transformative medicines exist because of fundamental discoveries that were made without regard to practical outcome and with their relevance to therapeutics only appearing decades later.

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