[The German centre for lung research - translational research for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases]. / Das Deutsche Zentrum für Lungenforschung - Translationale Forschung für Prävention, Diagnose und Therapie von Atemwegserkrankungen.
Pneumologie
; 66(8): 464-9, 2012 Aug.
Article
in De
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22875729
ABSTRACT
Respiratory diseases are one of the most important causes of mortality with tremendous costs for health care systems, not only in Germany, but worldwide. Up to now treatment options for most of these chronic diseases are limited. The German Ministry for Research and Education (BMBF) - following the example of the US National Institute of Health have supported the foundation of a German Centre for Lung Research (DZL) to speed up the development of preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic measures. Not only universities, but also non-university based research institutes are part of the DZL. To allow the translation from basic research experience into clinical practice to improve patient care, basic research orientated approaches will be combined with disease and patient focused approaches. The DZL is one of six German Centres for Health Care Research (neurological diseases, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases, cancer, and lung diseases) for the optimisation of translational processes to overcome the burden of major diseases.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Respiration Disorders
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Biomedical Research
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Academies and Institutes
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Translational Research, Biomedical
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
De
Journal:
Pneumologie
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article