How do we measure success in research? Is it determined strictly by study results? Or is there something else to be measured, something more subtle? Consider this: it has been said that translational science is only as successful as your collaborations are with other researchers and the community-at-large. Without effective collaborations, there is no translational research. No bench to bedside. No prototype to device. No beaker to pill. In other words, without long lasting collaborations we're back to doing business as usual.
We think it's important to highlight those translational and clinical research studies that we see as our success stories. This is only the beginning of what we hope will be an enduring collaborative effort. And the end to doing business as usual.
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Transparency: Does it Improve the Value of Our Hospital Care?
During the past decade, the public’s desire to know about hospital performance and pricing has resulted in an increasingly vocal debate as to whether such transparency actually has had an effect on health outcomes, i.e. improved health care, or cost. This past July, Peter Lindenauer, MD, MSC was invited by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies to answer those challenging questions.
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Using Enzymes to Reverse Kidney Disease
Imagine that a bacterial enzyme that digests protein in your throat and intestines could also be used to treat and possibly reverse one of the most deadly and common kidney diseases. That’s exactly what three researchers, bridging Tufts Medical Center’s gastroenterology division and Tufts Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, collectively imagined and are trying to find out.
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