Can doctors can be a scientists?

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A Doctor and a Scientist are like 2 sides of the same coin. A scientist comes up with inventions to cure new diseases while a doctor understands the real world.

So, each complements the other. Many doctors who have gained significant experience in a Clinical Environment decide to go for a PhD to apply their real world knowledge in Drug Discovery, Vaccine Development and even Pure Research. This helps because now they not only do research but also understand the practical implications of that research.

And the other advantage is that, they can also do Clinical Research where they work in a hospital setting and able to test the efficacy of new drugs on a target group and hence expedite the drug development lifecycle.

Here is an interview of a Doctor turned Scientist

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