caa a22 4500 606170855 CHVBK 20210128100719.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10728-012-0236-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10728-012-0236-x Beyond Bench and Bedside: Disentangling the Concept of Translational Research [Elektronische Daten] [Anna van der Laan, Marianne Boenink] The label ‘Translational Research' (TR) has become ever more popular in the biomedical domain in recent years. It is usually presented as an attempt to bridge a supposed gap between knowledge produced at the lab bench and its use at the clinical bedside. This is claimed to help society harvest the benefits of its investments in scientific research. The rhetorical as well as moral force of the label TR obscure, however, that it is actually used in very different ways. In this paper, we analyse the scientific discourse on TR, with the aim to disentangle and critically evaluate the different meanings of the label. We start with a brief reconstruction of the history of the concept. Subsequently, we unravel how the label is actually used in a sample of scientific publications on TR and examine the presuppositions implied by different views of TR. We argue that it is useful to distinguish different views of TR on the basis of three dimensions, related to (1) the construction of the ‘translational gap'; (2) the model of the translational process; and (3) the cause of the perceived translational gap. We conclude that the motive to make society benefit from its investments in biomedical science may be laudable, but that it is doubtful whether the dominant views of TR will contribute to this end. The Author(s), 2012 Translational research nationallicence Translational medicine nationallicence Biomedical innovation nationallicence Conceptual analysis nationallicence Science—society relationship nationallicence van der Laan Anna Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AD, Enschede, The Netherlands aut Boenink Marianne Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AD, Enschede, The Netherlands aut Health Care Analysis Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 23/1(2015-03-01), 32-49 1065-3058 23:1<32 2015 23 10728 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-012-0236-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-012-0236-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van der Laan Anna Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AD, Enschede, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Boenink Marianne Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AD, Enschede, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Health Care Analysis Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 23/1(2015-03-01), 32-49 1065-3058 23:1<32 2015 23 10728