Open AccessYoung GI angle: A young point of view on translational medicine
Author(s) -
Acedo Pilar,
Russo Francesco Paolo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ueg journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.667
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 2050-6414
pISSN - 2050-6406
DOI - 10.1177/2050640619857963
Subject(s) - medicine , translational research , translational medicine , translational science , clinical trial , psychological intervention , engineering ethics , alternative medicine , basic research , clinical practice , disease , family medicine , pathology , computer science , psychiatry , library science , engineering
The term ‘translational medicine’ (TM), often used interchangeably with ‘translational research’ (TR), has gained momentum in recent years. The European Society for Translational Medicine defines it as ‘an interdisciplinary branch of the biomedical field supported by three main pillars: benchside, bedside and community’. The main goal of TM is to bridge the gap between scientific research that has been developed in the lab and its possible future application at the clinical beside. This area of research is rapidly developing with the aim of accelerating the progression of a scientific discovery or finding into a diagnostic tool and/or therapy applied to human diseases to improve human health. In other words, TM acts as an umbrella bringing together basic and clinical research and encompasses numerous disciplines such as preclinical and clinical trial studies, intellectual property or regulation.