Sentences with phrase «basic science research findings»

Another area that is becoming increasingly important is the translation of basic science research findings into clinical applications, and there is a growing need for physician scientists, says Alan Trounson, president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).

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To succeed as a clinician - researcher, a physician - scientist uses his or her mastery of both clinical practice and basic science research in parallel, often drawing on both skill sets to find advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of human disease.

The claims were underscored in a 2009 report of the National Research Council that found that forensic science as currently practiced has «little systematic research to validate the discipline's basic premises and techniquesResearch Council that found that forensic science as currently practiced has «little systematic research to validate the discipline's basic premises and techniquesresearch to validate the discipline's basic premises and techniques.»

First, the rigor of the science curriculum in medical schools has not kept pace with advances in the biological sciences; M.D. graduates lacking a rigorous science background find it difficult to develop research programs that can equal those of well - trained basic scientists.

At Brigham and Women's, she led clinical trials in lung transplants and found herself happily pursuing a career in «translational» research that applied basic science to clinical studies.

The first such drug, called ipilimumab (Yervoy), developed out of Allison's basic science research, showed much lower response rates against advanced melanoma than those obtained with targeted drugs, but long - term follow - up found that 22 percent of those treated with Yervoy survived at least four years, unprecedented results for the disease.

The findings, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, reconfirm the basic science that increasing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are causing most climate change.

The research team, led by Nicola C. Partridge, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology at NYU Dentistry, had previously found that MCP - 1 is important in producing an anabolic effect of PTH, in which bone formation is increased, and they wanted to know if it was also important in causing a catabolic effect, in which bone is broken down.

The basic research funded by Syngenta within the framework of the «Plant Decision Making» Project at the Zurich - Basel Plant Science Center also provides practical findings for the agriculture sector.

Her team also analyzed the type of research that NIH funded, but found no substantial relationship between whether the grant focused on basic or applied science and its likelihood to be cited by a patent.

The Institute was originally founded by the late Edwin H. Land in 1980 as The Rowland Institute for Science, a privately endowed, nonprofit, basic research organization, conceived to advance science in a wide variety of Science, a privately endowed, nonprofit, basic research organization, conceived to advance science in a wide variety of science in a wide variety of fields.

Our researchers in the Center for Childhood Cancer are conducting basic science, translational and clinical research geared toward finding a cure for childhood cancer and improving the toxicity of current treatments.

He was the first president since John F. Kennedy to do that, and if you read that speech, which is still on the web I believe — both at the Academy web site and my friend Ralph Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences, is in the front row — and it's also on the White House web site — what you will find is although the president was clear about the practical applications of science and technology to our great challenges as I've mentioned, he probably spent two thirds of that talk talking about the importance of basic science; the importance of fundamental research in science and technology to our national well - being; and the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.

The Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Bone Disease Program of Texas seeks to improve basic and translational research of bone diseases and to convert basic science findings to more effective treatment and prevention options.

Researchers at the Center for Vascular Research, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), have identified a new mechanism involved in the development and progression of glaucoma, and found a potential therapeutic option...

«This company was founded on the strength of decades of basic research at Gladstone, and now we are proud to be associated with an exciting new company that can bring this science to the service of patients who truly need it.»

This two - day scientific symposium will explore cutting - edge findings in basic science, translational research, and clinical studies to improve immunotherapeutic approaches.

She leads a research group that follows two distinct but complementary approaches: basic science focusing on cellular mechanisms of neurodegeneration, and a programme to translate those findings into treatments and cures.

As teams at the institute for translational science work to turn basic science findings into treatments for real patients, they can also identify new and important unresolved questions in medicine and population health and make them research priorities in the lab.

Basic science and laboratory work, clinical trials and translation of research findings to a community setting and public health.

Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

The task of advancing the development of basic research into clinical reality lies with translational science, yet the field seems to struggle to find a way to move forward.

One disappointment for me was the lack of any mention — particularly from a science guy — of the decades of bipartisan disinvestment in basic research and development in energy sciences in the United States and other industrialized countries — a gap that many studies have found would need to be filled to have any chance of achieving steep drops in greenhouse - gas emissions.

Treatment research seems to have lagged behind the basic science, and rather than being based on our new - found understanding of the development of these conditions, has often developed downsized versions of adult treatments, such as cognitive behaviour therapy.