But Levitin and his collaborators showed in a European Journal of Neuroscience study that, from the perspective of the brain, there may be more similarities among music listeners than you think.

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An independent committee charged with monitoring the safety and ethics of the study from a patient perspective told Lewis that the company might consider tracking the patients longer to see if those that got palifosfamide would live longer.

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That might sound like a lot, but Dr. Raina Merchant, the lead author of the study, puts it in perspective.

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