How to Use preclinical in a Sentence

preclinical

adjective
  • That’s why this stage is also referred to as the preclinical stage.
    — Jess Sims, Health, 10 May 2024
  • There are also openings on its preclinical team.
    — Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The field has long been stuck in the preclinical stage — testing organs in baboons and chimpanzees.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 24 Jan. 2022
  • While the eyedrops are yet to be tested on a disease model, that's the next step in preclinical trials.
    — New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Lab rats are used in preclinical research that serves as the foundation for studies in humans.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 22 May 2021
  • More than 88% of drugs that pass the preclinical phase end up failing in clinical trials.
    — Elizabeth Baker, STAT, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The next steps are to continue with preclinical trials to ensure the implant is safe and effective.
    — Paul McClure 23, New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Of course, more often than not, products that seem exciting in preclinical work fail in subsequent rounds of testing.
    — Amanda Schaffer, WIRED, 1 May 2018
  • The money will go to adding staff and advancing drugs in preclinical programs to clinical trials.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 May 2018
  • The preclinical firm is working on treatments that focus on T cells, which play a role in the body’s immune system response.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Apr. 2021
  • In our preclinical studies, the results have been remarkable.
    — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The research is entirely preclinical, meaning all findings so far come from mouse models and lab settings.
    — Allison Palmer june 4, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
  • While several versions of a nasal vaccine are in development, most are in preclinical stages.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Because of this and other promising signs in preclinical research, there were naturally a lot of eyes on these trials.
    — New Atlas, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Results so far, both in preclinical studies as well as the Phase 1 trial, have been promising, Galvin said.
    — Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
  • After all, researchers often use the least complex models available for preclinical studies to reduce time and cost.
    — Chengpeng Chen, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The vaccine candidate was chosen from more than two dozen prototypes that were tested in preclinical studies.
    — NBC News, 12 June 2020
  • The Chinese company’s drug is in the preclinical stage and hasn’t entered human trials.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The new preclinical drug candidate was found efficacious and safe in mice studies, the company said in a press release.
    — Aayushi Pratap, Forbes, 22 June 2021
  • With preclinical obesity, the person has excess body fat that has not affected the function of their tissues and organs.
    — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2025
  • However, preclinical studies offer a little bit of insight as to how the cannabinoid may interact with the body.
    — Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The drug seemed safe in recent studies, and solanezumab continues to be evaluated in the preclinical stage of the disease.
    — Mayo Clinic News Network, chicagotribune.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Still, much of this evidence comes from laboratory and preclinical work.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
  • And the steady trickle of exciting progress in preclinical research provides ready fodder for marketing.
    — Michael Eisenstein, Scientific American, 17 June 2020
  • This first stage is called preclinical Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Mayo Clinic.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 28 Sep. 2018
  • In preclinical testing on mice, the drugs have shown promise in dramatically reducing the size of tumors.
    — Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, 9 June 2019
  • The species had the virtue of being slightly nicer (less likely to bite handlers) and smaller (saving money on drugs in preclinical studies) than the rhesus macaque.
    — Erika Fry, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
  • If preclinical testing keeps going well, the researchers hope to move to clinical trials within five years, Kulkarni said.
    — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2018
  • First, researchers need to better understand the biology of the preclinical stage of disease.
    — Kevin Deane, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2026
  • There is a lack of clinical trials, and much of the evidence comes from preclinical and observational studies.
    — Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025

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