Lost in translation--basic science in the era of translational research.

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The Many Meanings of Evidence: Implications for the Translational Science Agenda in Healthcare

Health systems across the world are concerned with the quality and safety of patient care. This includes investing in research and development to progress advances in the treatment and management of individuals and healthcare organisations. The concept of evidence- based healthcare has gained increasing currency over the last two decades; yet questions persist about the time it takes for new re...

From Knowing to Doing—From the Academy to Practice; Comment on “The Many Meanings of Evidence: Implications for the Translational Science Agenda in Healthcare”

In this commentary, the idea of closing the gap between knowing and doing through closing the gap between academics and practitioners is explored. The two communities approach to knowledge production and use, has predominated within healthcare, resulting in a separation between the worlds of research and practice, and, therefore, between its producers and users. Meaningful collaborations betwee...

Facilitating a close interaction between basic, translational and clinical science: BMJ Open Ophthalmology

We are delighted to introduce BMJ Open Ophthalmology, a new open access journal published by BMJ. The journal will publish a broad range of articles of particular clinical, scientific, educational or surgical value. Many of the current ophthalmology journals, particularly traditional journals in the field, are limited by being predominantly either clinical or basic science, with less translatio...

I-30: Human Endometrial Receptivity:from The Basic Research to Clinical Translation

The endometrium is a hormonally regulated organ that is non-adhesive to embryos throughout most of the menstrual cycle in humans. Endometrial receptivity refers to a hormone-limited period in which the endometrial tissue acquires a functional and transient ovarian steroid-dependent status allowing blastocyst adhesion. Functional genomic studies of human endometrium in natural cycles have demons...