Translational research – often used interchangeably with translational medicine or translational science or bench to bedside – is an effort to build on basic scientific research to create new therapies,[1] medical procedures, or diagnostics. Basic biomedical research is based on studies of disease processes using for example cell cultures or animal models.[2] The term translational refers to the "translation" of basic scientific findings in a laboratory setting into potential treatments for disease.[3][4][5][6]