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Academic leadership: (with)holding the keys to translational medicine?

To promote effective translational medicine, academia must take the lead in creating a conducive environment for the first steps into translation, urge Roch Ogier and colleagues.

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Ogier, R., Knecht, W. & Schwab, M.E. Academic leadership: (with)holding the keys to translational medicine?. Nat Med 25, 1812–1813 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-019-0670-5

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