Progress in Medicine: Experts Take Stock.

In the year-end editorial, the PLOS Medicine editors ask 11 researchers and clinicians about the most relevant challenges, promising research, and important initiatives in their fields as we head into 2016.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	PLoS Medicine
Main Authors:	PLOS Medicine Editors, Andrew Beck, Ewan Birney, Manuel Graeber, James Tumwine, Phillipa Hay, Hyeong Sik Ahn, Anushka Patel, Philipp du Cros, Lorenz von Seidlein, Nick Wareham, Nicola Low
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-12-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001933

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