title: Translational research in pediatric pulmonary disease, 2017.
abstract: As readers of this journal know, translational research is the application of basic science findings to improve clinical care; a process that was once called "bench-to-bedside" research. In my field of pediatric pulmonary disease, the rapid advancement of basic science understanding into improved clinical care has been, to use an appropriate term, breathtaking. In this perspective article, I will describe a few of these advances, as they relate to specific pulmonary diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Richmond, 1000 East Broad St., Richmond, VA, 23298, USA. bruce.rubin@vcuhealth.org.
authors.forename: Bruce K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Rubin