Kazuwa Nakao • Nagahiro Minato
Shinji Uemoto
Editors

2015

Basic Research and Development

Despite rapid and remarkable advances in basic medical science, discoveries in basic science can successfully be translated into clinical applications only after a time-consuming process and, unfortunately, only in extremely rare cases. The process has often been likened to a seemingly endless trip through a long and dark tunnel. The research field of translational science has thus been craved for, to unite basic and clinical sciences and make innovative medical technology a reality.