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Hoh, Yin Kiong – American Biology Teacher, 2023
Gene therapy has fascinated clinicians, scientists, and patients since decades ago because of its potential to treat a disease at the genetic level. This can be achieved in many ways, including replacing a disease-causing gene with a healthy copy. Gene therapy must overcome complex tissue and cellular barriers to introduce genetic modifications…
Descriptors: Genetics, Genetic Disorders, Therapy, Diseases
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Yin Kiong Hoh – American Biology Teacher, 2025
Stem cell therapy, a cutting-edge technology, aims to replace damaged cells with healthy ones. Stem cells possess the remarkable ability to multiply and differentiate into various cell types, making them ideal candidates for regenerative medicine. This therapy holds promise for treating a wide range of conditions and injuries. In this review, I…
Descriptors: Embryology, Biotechnology, Biomedicine, Cytology
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Vukotich, Charles J., Jr. – Journal of Research Practice, 2016
Translational research is a new and important way of thinking about research. It is a major priority of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States. NIH has created the Clinical and Translational Science Awards to promote this priority. NIH has defined T1 and T2 phases of translational research in the medical field, in order to…
Descriptors: Medical Research, Research Reports, Public Health, Research and Development
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Felege, Christopher; Hahn, Emily; Hunter, Cheryl – Journal of Research Practice, 2016
Translational research originated in the medical field during the 1990s to describe taking discovery based research through the steps of applying it to clinical research and patient-oriented care. This model is implicitly linear, depicting the flow of information from researchers' bench, to a clinical trial bedside, to a primary care physician's…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research and Development, Research Reports, Research Utilization
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Grieb, Teri; Horon, Jeffrey R.; Wong, Cassandra; Durkin, Jessica; Kunkel, Steven L. – Journal of Research Administration, 2014
Challenges that face the academic research enterprise are numerous. These concerns include, but are not limited to: declines in extramural funding for investigatorinitiated research, an aging faculty workforce (the average age of securing a faculty's first R01 is over 42), insufficient funds to support faculty laboratories, and limited access to…
Descriptors: Research Administration, Program Improvement, Governance, Educational Facilities Improvement
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Baskette, Kimberly G.; Ritz, John M. – Technology Teacher, 2010
Humans and animals need healthy organs to live. Due to medical conditions and accidents, some organs fail to function properly. For these reasons, the medical community has experimented and can now perform successful organ transplants, allowing patients to continue to live their lives. Many countries have medical programs where individuals can…
Descriptors: Patients, Human Body, Medical Education, Medical Research