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Editorial
. 2025 May 12:12:1600661.
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1600661. eCollection 2025.

Editorial: The art of reducing futile biomedical research

Ivan Sisa  1 , Ricardo Izurieta  2 , Adrián Llerena  3 , Enrique Teran  1
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Editorial: The art of reducing futile biomedical research

Ivan Sisa et al. Front Med (Lausanne). .
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Keywords: biomedical research; first class of waste; futility; minimization; public health.

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