Distinguishing between Exploratory and Confirmatory Preclinical Research Will Improve Translation

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Jonathan Kimmelman ,

* E-mail: jonathan.kimmelman@mcgill.ca

Affiliation Studies of Translation, Ethics, and Medicine (STREAM), Biomedical Ethics Unit, Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Jeffrey S. Mogil,

Affiliation Department of Psychology and Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Ulrich Dirnagl

Affiliations Departments of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Center for Stroke Research Berlin, and Excellence Cluster NeuroCure Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, German Center for Neurodegeneration Research (DZNE), partner site Berlin, Germany, Center for Cardiovascular Diseases (DZHK), partner site Berlin, Germany
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