title: Changing the mindset in life sciences toward translation: a consensus.
abstract: Participants at the recent Translate! 2014 meeting in Berlin, Germany, reached a consensus on the rate-limiting factor for advancing translational medicine.
authors.affiliation: Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. Julius Wolff Institut, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. georg.duda@charite.de.
authors.forename: Georg N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Duda
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Grainger
authors.affiliation: Science Translational Medicine, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington, DC 20005, USA.
authors.forename: Megan L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Frisk
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany. German Research Foundation (DFG), Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Leena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bruckner-Tuderman
authors.affiliation: NIHR Biomedical Research Unit, Botnar Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.affiliation: Center for Stroke Research, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. Department of Experimental Neurology, Charite-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dirnagl
authors.affiliation: Chairman of the Executive Board, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Karl Max
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Einhäupl
authors.affiliation: Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston Methodist Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gottschalk
authors.affiliation: DePuy Synthes Biomaterials, 1302 Wrights Lane East, West Chester, PA 19380, USA.
authors.forename: Elliott
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gruskin
authors.affiliation: Translational Oncology (TRON), Mainz University Medical Center, Germany.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Carl H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: June
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. Wyss Institute, Center for Life Science Boston Bldg., Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Mooney
authors.affiliation: Berlin Institute of Health, Luisenstr. 56, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Ernst Th
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Rietschel
authors.affiliation: Federal Ministry of Education and Research, D-53175 Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schütte
authors.affiliation: Department of Pneumologie, Universities of Giessen & Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), 35392 Giessen, Germany. German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 35392 Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Seeger
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. Department of Bioengineering, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Molly M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.affiliation: J&J Boston Innovation Center, One Cambridge Center, 7th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.affiliation: Monash Newborn, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria 3168, Australia. The Ritchie Centre, Monash Institute of Medical Research Prince Henry's Institute (MIMR-PHI), Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria 3168, Australia. Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Veldman
authors.affiliation: Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Germany.
authors.forename: Günther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wess
authors.affiliation: Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. Institute for Medical Immunology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Hans-Dieter
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Volk
mesh_terms: D001690:Biological Science Disciplines; D032921:Consensus; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000191:economics