Small Army Of Health Professionals Try To Rebuild Trust With Minorities Over Clinical Trials
Minorities have been long-underrepresented in clinical trials. Drugmakers, health care researchers and community organizers nationwide are working to change that trend.
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Companies And Communities Face Diversity Gap In Clinical Trials
Faced with an urgent need to recruit more patients of color into clinical trials, researchers are trying a flurry of new ideas — including training black pastors in Chicago to serve as recruiters and sending a bus outfitted with exam rooms throughout rural Georgia. The outreach comes from medical schools, pharma companies, tech entrepreneurs, and even the federal government, which aims to recruit a million volunteers willing to share their genetic and health data with the Precision Medicine Initiative. (Blau, 4/11)
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Could Organs-On-A-Chip Replace Animals In Medical Testing?
The field of organs-on-chips scored an early victory Tuesday: Boston organ-on-a-chip startup Emulate has partnered with the Food and Drug Administration to test whether the technology works for toxicity screening purposes. (Keshavan, 4/11)