title: Comment on "Power of rare diseases: found in translation".
abstract: The recent Perspective entitled "Power of rare diseases: Found in translation" undervalues the contributions of academic research in first-in-human studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, 6500HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jos W M
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: van der Meer
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Charles A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Dinarello
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*