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Bedside‐to‐Bench Pharmacology: A Complementary Concept to Translational Pharmacology
Author(s) -
Lötsch J,
Geisslinger G
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1038/clpt.2010.18
Subject(s) - clinical pharmacology , bench to bedside , deductive reasoning , molecular pharmacology , process (computing) , pharmacology , engineering ethics , management science , cognitive science , psychology , medicine , computer science , artificial intelligence , medical physics , engineering , operating system , receptor
Translational pharmacology is contemporary; it efficiently covers the progress of research from cellular and animal experiments to the patient. Its logical reasoning is deductive by definition. Abductive reasoning in pharmacological research is often placed second. Although straightforward processes might suit some organizational models, a reasoning process preferring only one direction may sacrifice opportunities. Both directions of reasoning may lead to independent yet comparable or even identical successes, and it is only by using both together that one gains the full benefit of human intellectual resources. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2010) 87 6, 647–649. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2010.18