translational research

noun

: medical research that is concerned with facilitating the practical application of scientific discoveries to the development and implementation of new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease

called also translational medicine

Examples of translational research in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Controlling those biotech supply chains America’s ability to stay on top of the biotech industry will depend on its ability to protect genomic data and intellectual property, opines Josh Carpenter, CEO of a nonprofit translational research institute focused on drug discovery and genomic research. —Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 28 June 2024

In some volunteers, the fumes sparked increases in airway inflammation, says Dr. David Peden, senior associate dean of translational research and medical director of the Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. —Linda Carroll, TIME, 30 May 2024

Those bonafides include directing Perlmutter’s pancreatic cancer and translational research centers. —Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2024

Still, future experiments will need to replicate this level of function in human cells before these neural network models can be used in translational research and medicine. —WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

translational research

noun

variants or translational medicine

: medical research that is concerned with facilitating the practical application of scientific discoveries to the development and implementation of new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease

… a new emphasis on translational research to improve the movement of new discoveries from the bench to the bedside.

—The Kansas City Business Journal

And the area of science in which a therapy is advanced from a good idea to animal studies to testing in humans even has a name: translational medicine.

—Delthia Ricks, Newsday