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CLINICAL RESEARCH: ALS Trial Raises Questions About Promising Drug
Jennifer Couzin
An antibiotic long thought to hold promise for treating neurologic diseases failed dramatically in a recent clinical trial, sparking a debate about why the drug flopped and whether the results should be interpreted broadly.