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Government response to Select Committee report on The Crick
14 September 2011
The Government has published its response to the House of Commons Science & Technology Select Committee's report on the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (now called The Crick Institute). The 10-page response says:
The Francis Crick Institute forms an important cornerstone in UK research infrastructure to maintain our world-class research base into the future. It will be one of the most significant developments in UK biomedical science for a generation, harnessing the full capacity of this country's best researchers in a range of disciplines for the benefit of patients and the economy.
The location gives the new institute the best possible chance to carry out successful basic and translational research. Often characterised as from 'bench to bedside' or 'campus to clinic', translational research is the process by which scientific advances from research done in laboratories can be swiftly translated into health benefits. The way that this can be done most successfully is through the co-working of scientists and clinicians. They can then work together and form a virtuous loop whereby clinicians observe problems and work with scientists on solutions which they can then implement in the clinic. The Institute will clearly be very well placed in this regard, with a proportion of its researchers being clinically trained and because of the planned links with local clinical centres.
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