Tuesday, 2 February 2010--The Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN) today supported an increased commitment to translational research in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fiscal Year 2011 budget request by President Obama. In order for the medical breakthroughs of tomorrow to occur, basic discoveries must be translated from the lab into clinical trials and viable therapies and cures. This requires a wholly different kind of research – translational research – focused on carrying science forward in order to treat and cure people.
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