Insights from the Den: How Hibernating Bears May Help Us Understand and Treat Human Disease

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Clinical and Translational Science

• Publication date

  2015-06-17

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/cts.12279PMID 26083277PMCID PMC5351099
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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