The Claim

Drug translation from animal models to human treatments has a failure rate exceeding 92%, primarily due to unexpected toxicity or lack of efficacy in humans.

Source: Do peptides live up to the hype? [Science review]

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In plain English

When scientists develop new drugs using animal tests, more than 92% of them fail when tried on humans - either because they're toxic or don't work as expected.

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Drug translation from animal models to human treatments has a failure rate exceeding 92%, primarily due to unexpected toxicity or lack of efficacy in humans

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