The academic scientists' main role in such studies is to recruit patients and administer experimental treatments.

The society also called its members and urged them to recruit patients who could help make the case in Washington.

Nearly all of them are recruiting patients at test centers nationwide.

And they are recruiting patients who are often astonished by what is being asked of them.

Leading American medical centers already market themselves abroad to recruit foreign patients to travel for operations.

Last year, the German government began a global campaign to recruit patients from abroad.

Hospitals without formal structures for recruiting foreign patients also realize their importance.

But researchers who are trying to recruit patients for the clinical trials have a different perception.

But some are finding it difficult to recruit patients who will participate in studies.

The study is still recruiting patients, so it will be awhile before the results are known.