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The multidirectional integration of basic research, patient-oriented research, and population-based research, with the long-term aim of improving the health of the public. NOTE: These studies are designed to translate basic science findings into clinically useful tools and applications and to ensure that new treatments and research knowledge reach the patients or populations for whom they are intended and are implemented correctly. [After Rubio DM, Schoenbaum EE, Lee LS, Schteingart DE, Marantz PR, Anderson KE, Platt LD, Baez A, Esposito K. Defining translational research: implications for training. Acad Med. 2010 Mar;85(3):470-5. and NCI Thesaurus]
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