Reflections on the Lasker Prize for basic biomedical research

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Lasker Award recipient Paul Berg reflectson the significance of the Lasker awards for the credibility, advancement, adoption, and recognition of scientific discovery. He received Mary Lasker Foundation Award in Basic Medicinal Research for his work in developing the recombinant DNA technology in 1980 and also received the Nobel Prize in the same year.

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Fostering innovation and discovery in biomedical research

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The changes that have occurred in biomedical research funding and priorities in the past 25 years are described. The current trends should be reversed and allow beginning principal investigators and postdoctoral fellows to carry out innovative, high-risk/high-reward research.

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The meaning of translational research and why it matters

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The article defines the meaning of translational research while presenting the benefits and importance of such investigations.

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