"It was a proper trial, and provided there is some cut in the ground at Cheltenham she would have a big chance of taking the title, " said Swan, who guided Istabraq to his three Champion Hurdle wins.

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In clinical medicine, a new procedure or medication is tested and compared to current practice in a proper clinical trial.

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They should have a proper fair trial.

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Though faecal transplantation for C. difficile has still to undergo a formal clinical trial, with a proper control group, it looks a promising (and cheap) answer to a serious threat.

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Another witness, criminalist Andrea Mazzola, took the stand and, as she stated in the criminal trial, she said she tried to follow proper procedures when collecting evidence but admitted she didn't always do that.

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Now the results of TACT will likely provide ammunition to chelation defenders, but the trial investigators and other experts have expressed considerable caution about the proper interpretation of the results.

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If the drug candidate is derived from an herbal medicine that is legally marketed and hasn't caused safety problems, it may be able to skip the early-stage safety trial and go right to midstage clinical trials, which measure efficacy and determine proper dosing.

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"And to give proper consideration to the plight of the three men presently in detention in Colombia, their right to a fair trial".

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