The road from disease research to disease cure is not usually a smooth one. One role bridging the laboratory and the clinic is that of the "clinician-scientist"—a doctor who understands disease both in the patient and in the Petri dish. Yet an editorial published in Disease Models & Mechanisms contends that clinician-scientists in the United Kingdom and elsewhere are not prospering, but rather are "under threat in a hostile environment."To read the full story in the August issue of the APPI Bulletin, click here.For more information about the APPI Bulletin, click here.