WS 06 - Translation in the Times of COVID-19

Translational research is part of a bidirectional process in which research findings are moved from the researcher’s bench to the patient’s bedside, but also back from clinical findings into mechanistic research. Development of new diagnostic and informatics methods has seen a trend towards more personalized therapeutic approaches. Information on individuals’ genomic/transcriptomic profiles, in combination with lifestyle and environmental factors, are integrated to guide medical decisions in terms of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease.