Medical research
"Biomedical research" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Biomedical science. Cell culture vials. The University of Florida Cancer and Genetics Research Complex is an integrated medical research facility Biomedical research (or experimental medicine ) encompasses a wide array of research, extending from "basic research" (also called bench science or bench research ), [1] – involving fundamental scientific principles that may apply to a preclinical understanding – to clinical research, which involves studies of people who may be subjects in clinical trials. Within this spectrum is applied research, or translational research, conducted to expand knowledge in the field of medicine. Both clinical and preclinical research phases exist in the pharmaceutical industry's drug development pipelines, where the clinical phase is denoted by the term clinical trial . However, only part of the clinical or preclinical research is oriented towards a specific pharma...