Commentary
Nature Immunology 9, 575 - 580 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ni0608-575
The habitual, diverse and surmountable obstacles to human immunology research
Adrian C Hayday1 & Mark Peakman1
- Adrian C. Hayday and Mark Peakman are at the National Institute of Health Research Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals Foundation Trust, and King's College London, and the Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, King's College London, School of Medicine at Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK. e-mail: adrian.hayday@kcl.ac.uk
Abstract
The need to translate basic research in the field of human immunology may be much more urgent, and the rewards potentially much greater, than is often acknowledged. Yet a commonly perceived coercion to undertake translational research may be unhelpful. Instead, we propose clear incentives for integrating key skill sets, together with achievable cultural adjustments in research and medicine that span training, recruitment and promotion.
