The multiple meanings of translational research in (bio)medical research

Author(s):  
Anne K. Krueger ◽  
Barbara Hendriks ◽  
Stephan Gauch
2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew M. Davis ◽  
Sarah J. Clark ◽  
Amy T. Butchart ◽  
Dianne C. Singer ◽  
Thomas P. Shanley ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne K. Krueger ◽  
Barbara Hendriks ◽  
Stephan Gauch

We begin this essay by sketching out the emergence of the translational research terminology in different settings such as biomedical research and nursing science. We then discuss some theoretical concepts that might help us to sharpen our analytical focus for answering our research questions, and follow this by presenting our methodology and discussing our results. Finally, we conclude with some insights into the challenge that translational research provides for a current understanding of research practices and research objects in medical science.


2011 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 156-157
Author(s):  
Norman Williams

For surgery to progress and thrive it needs a strong research base. Prior to 2006 and the Cooksey report on UK health research funding there had been an erosion of funding for surgical research and a disinvestment by medical schools and universities in supporting academic surgical departments. Many perceived that there was a flawed medical research agenda in that molecular science was supported to the detriment of applied clinical research. Cooksey and his team recognised the problem and changed the agenda completely. They recommended that translational research ('bench to bedside') needed greater support and reorganised the national structure so that the management of the medical research budget reflected this decision.


2012 ◽  
Vol 94 (8) ◽  
pp. 280-282
Author(s):  
J Ansell ◽  
AJ Beamish ◽  
N Warren ◽  
P Donnelly ◽  
J Torkington

In 2011 the royal College of Surgeons produced a document entitled FromTheory toTheatre: Overcoming Barriers to Innovation in Surgery that states:'Delivering high quality research is the responsibility of anyone involved in any aspect of surgery.' It highlights that in 2008–2009 surgical research received just 1.5% of the £1.53 billion total governmental spend on medical research. From this came a call for a review of public funding of translational research in surgery and academic departments of surgery in delivering this research. The overall outcome was the creation of 15 recommendations.


Author(s):  
J. D. Hutchison

When the transmission electron microscope was commercially introduced a few years ago, it was heralded as one of the most significant aids to medical research of the century. It continues to occupy that niche; however, the scanning electron microscope is gaining rapidly in relative importance as it fills the gap between conventional optical microscopy and transmission electron microscopy.IBM Boulder is conducting three major programs in cooperation with the Colorado School of Medicine. These are the study of the mechanism of failure of the prosthetic heart valve, the study of the ultrastructure of lung tissue, and the definition of the function of the cilia of the ventricular ependyma of the brain.


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