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Rewriting the Textbook on Disease

Rewriting the Textbook on Disease

11/03/2011

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Rewriting the Textbook on Disease

Clip: 11/3/2011 | 5m 14s

Rewriting the Textbook on Disease

A new report from the National Research Council is calling for a "new taxonomy" that would define diseases more precisely by their underlying molecular causes rather than their traditional physical signs and symptoms.

11/03/2011

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