"In this specific trial, the use and interpretation of evidence was discussed, " but the picture should become clearer when the full reasons for the court's ruling are issued in the coming weeks, he said.

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Due to a lack of legal representation or access to interpretation services before the trial, he was unable to prepare an adequate defense.

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The investigators were cautious in their interpretation, noting that the trial barely achieved statistical significance, most of the difference was found in the softer endpoint of revascularization, and the finding is less reliable since there was a high withdrawal rate (17%) of patients in the trial.

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What we need is a construct with teeth, an established network of industry-independent researchers (not contractors) equipped to evaluate trial design, statistical power, data analysis, and interpretation, not as regulators but as contributors to final research publications.

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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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Adams, testifying at a trial over how police stop, question and sometimes frisk people in public, detailed his interpretation of comments made by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly during a 2010 meeting with then-Gov. David Paterson and other lawmakers.

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