title: William Heberden and reverse translation.
abstract: Beginning with the 18th-century physician-scientist William Heberden, the elder, Science Translational Medicine introduces a new article series about historical figures whose transformational contributions to science, medicine, and society remain relevant today.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. ere@mit.edu.
authors.forename: Elazer R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Edelman
authors.affiliation: Science Translational Medicine, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC 20005, USA.
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: LaMarco
mesh_terms: D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical; D014481:United States