Stories of Success in Clinical Research

The examination room in the doctor’s office today is not furnished for difficult news. The side chairs are never very comfortable, and more often than not you sit on a padded, elevated table that is covered with white paper. Sometimes you’re in your clothes, sometimes in a drafty, awkward hospital gown. You sit there with your feet dangling because something is not right. And when you receive the diagnosis, your only thought is, “How can we treat this?” But lurking in the back of mind is the nagging fear that there might not be any treatment, much less one that is both available and affordable.