Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.
Neurology. 2013 May 28;80(22):2070-5. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318294b48a.
In times of fiscal austerity, the tendency is to seek instant, inexpensive gratification. In the case of biomedical research, this means the shortest path to practical clinical implementation. But fueling the translational pipeline with discovery depends critically on allowing the biomedical research community to follow their science where it takes them. Fiscal constraints carry with them the risk of squelching creativity and forfeiting the power of serendipity to provide the substrate for the translational engine in the future.
在财政紧缩时期,人们往往倾向于寻求即时、廉价的满足感。就生物医学研究而言,这意味着实现实际临床应用的最短途径。但是,要为转化研究提供动力,就必须让生物医学研究界能够按照自己的科学方向前进。财政限制带来的风险是扼杀创造力,放弃偶然性的力量,从而为未来的转化引擎提供基础。