A select list of institutes, journals and specific research to assist in our understanding of this expanding new field.
A Consortium of insititutions bridging basic, clinical and translational reseach to bring effective strategies and treatments into practice mroe quickly. This new consortium begins with 12 academic health centers (AHCs) located throughout the nation. An additional 52 AHCs have received planning grants to help them prepare applications to join the consortium. When fully implemented in 2012, about 60 institutions will be linked together to energize the discipline of clinical and translational science.
Format: Website
Provider: Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA)
Established in 2006, the Institute's purpose is to shape new scientific discoveries into new technologies or therapies that can be tested ... then using that new knowledge to improve health.
Format: Website
Provider: Duke University Medical Center
An online journal covering all aspects of human experimentation within the realm of translational medicine.
Format: Journal
Provider: BioMedCentral
Complete archive of the Journal of Translational Medicine compiled by PubMed Central.
Format: Website
Provider: PubMed Central
Commentary from the Journal of Translational Medicine, 2004, 2:14.
Format: Other
Provider: BioMedCentral
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DukeMedNews item about the grant to establish the Duke Translational Medicine Institute (DTMI), its mission, the director, entities that will fall under the administrative umbrella of the Institute along with the Institute's purpose and scope.
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Provider: DukeMedNews
NIH Roadmap for Medical Research site that includes an overview of translational research, funding opportunities, funded research, meetings and presentations from the OPASI (Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives.
Format: Website
Provider: National Institutes of Health
Wikipedia definition of translational medicine (predictive medicine). Also refered to as: "bench-to-bedside" research wherein a basic laboratory discovery becomes applicable to the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of a specific disease and is brought forth by either a physician-scientist who works at the interface between the research laboratory and patient care or by a team of basic and clinical science investigators.
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Provider: Wikipedia
