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Accelerating the translational medicine cycle: the Academia Europaea pilot

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To the Editor—Translational Medicine (TM) is among the main challenges of the 21st century; its development is essential for the application of scientific results for community benefit.

Although several developments have been achieved in the field, there is still room for improvement in implementing scientific results in healthcare. More than 1.4 million articles are published each year, as reported on PubMed; however, much of this knowledge is not applied in everyday practice. Based on a report from the European Commission’s European Statistical Office, around 1.7 million people under 75 years of age die in Europe every year, but 1.2 million of these deaths could have been avoided through effective primary prevention and public-health intervention1.

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Fig. 1: Five-year results of implementation of the Academia Europaea TM cycle model.

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  1. Institute for Translational Medicine, Szentágothai Research Centre, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

    Péter Hegyi, Bálint Erőss, Andrea Párniczky & Andrea Szentesi

  2. Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

    Péter Hegyi, Bálint Erőss, Andrea Párniczky & Andrea Szentesi

  3. Centre for Translational Medicine, First Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

    Péter Hegyi & Andrea Szentesi

  4. Szent György University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár, Hungary

    Ferenc Izbéki

  5. Heim Pál National Pediatric Institute, Budapest, Hungary

    Andrea Párniczky

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Hegyi, P., Erőss, B., Izbéki, F. et al. Accelerating the translational medicine cycle: the Academia Europaea pilot. Nat Med 27, 1317–1319 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01458-8

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