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In the News
Children and Clinical Studies
The Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Bench to Bassinet
Program, Dr. Gail Pearson, spoke at the 2010 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference
and Exhibition on October 4th about children and clinical studies. Her speech,
"Avoiding
'Hand-me-down' Research: The Importance of Pediatric Studies," invoked the value of children's
involvement in biomedical research because they have diseases and reaction to
treatment that are unique from that of adults. Pediatric populations in clinical
trials can produce dramatic improvements in health care, such as the 1.8 million
children in the Salk vaccine trial which resulted in developing a successful polio
vaccine. The NHLBI and NIH partners launched an online program called
"Children
and Clinical Studies" to engage parents and children in clinical research programs.
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