“The strength of a common agenda” – John Ioannidis, Stanford University Lost in the Maze? Navigating Evidence and Ethics in Translational Neuroscience, Herrenhausen Conference, Hannover, February 2018 By Rebecca Morrison Communication and Trust From the opening session, it was clear even to one for whom ‘translation’ hitherto had been the domain of moving from one language to another […]
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“Lost in the Maze? Navigating Evidence and Ethics in Translational Neuroscience”: Herrenhausen Conference, Hannover, Germany 2018
By Sarah McCann ‘It is a veritable desert as far as favourable outcomes in neurological research are concerned’ –Jonathan Kimmelman, bioethicist The reasons behind our failure to translate preclinical efficacy to clinical benefit, and the ethical challenges associated with early phase clinical trials of these treatments were dissected and debated at Herrenhausen Palace in February. […]