Translational research

[4] Examples of translational research are commonly found in education subject association journals and in the MESHGuides which have been designed for this purpose.

In the field of biomedicine, it is often called "translational medicine", defined by the European Society for Translational Medicine (EUSTM) as "an interdisciplinary branch of the biomedical field supported by three main pillars: benchside, bedside and community",[11] from laboratory experiments through clinical trials, to therapies,[12] to point-of-care patient applications.

[6] Translational research is conceived due to the elongated time often taken to bring to bear discovered medical idea in practical terms in a health system.

In T1-translation, new laboratory discoveries are first translated to human application, which includes phase I & II clinical trials.

Finally, T5-translation focuses on improving the wellness of populations by reforming suboptimal social structures Basic research is the systematic study directed toward greater knowledge or understanding of the fundamental aspects of phenomena and is performed without thought of practical ends.

[16] For instance, basic biomedical research focuses on studies of disease processes using, for example, cell cultures or animal models without consideration of the potential utility of that information.

It accesses and uses the research communities' accumulated theories, knowledge, methods, and techniques, for a specific, often stated, business, or client-driven purpose.

In life-sciences, this was evidenced by a citation pattern between the applied and basic sides in cancer research that appeared around 2000.

[20] Examples of failed translational research in the pharmaceutical industry include the failure of anti-aβ therapeutics in Alzheimer's disease.

The industry and academic interactions to promote translational science initiatives has been carried out by various global centers such as European Commission, GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research.