Desperately seeking Flexner: time to reemphasize basic science in medical education.

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(Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine), (Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio), (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine), (Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine), and (Department of Biological Chemistry, Physiology, and Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine);

Published: October 2013

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