a new vision of definition, commentary, and understanding in clinical and translational medicine新视野的定义,评论,了解在临床和转化医学.pdfVIP

Wang Clinical and Translational Medicine 2012, 1:5 /content/1/1/5 COMMENTARY Open Access A new vision of definition, commentary, and understanding in clinical and translational medicine Xiangdong Wang Abstract There is growing evidence to the importance of translational science and medicine in the improvement of patient outcome, even though the definitions of translational science, translational medicine, and clinical and translational medicine need to be further clarified. In the present perspective, we collected commentaries and descriptions about clinical and translational medicine from some members of Clinical and Translational Medicine editorial board to stimulate the discussion and help the understanding better. There is growing evidence to the importance of transla- biomedical sciences. In the present perspective, we col- tional science and medicine in the improvement of lected commentaries and descriptions about clinical and patient outcome, even though the definitions of transla- translational medicine from some members of Clinical tional science, translational medicine, and clinical and and Translational Medicine editorial board to stimulate translational medicine need to be further clarified. the discussion and help the understanding better. Clinical and translational medicine is expected to in- Barry S. Coller (David Rockefeller Professor of clude scientific and regulatory investigations to translate Medicine; Head, Allen and Frances Adler Laboratory of preclinical researches to clinical application with a Blood and Vascular Biology; Physician-in Chief of the specific emphasis on new biotechnologies, biomaterial