Research in endocrinology, like in all other medical disciplines, covers a broad continuum including basic science, translational and clinical research. Translational research aims at bridging the gap between scientific science, clinical, epidemiological and population studies into practical clinical applications. While translational research is often conceptualized as a unidirectional process from “bench to bedside” or “bedside to bench“, it is not a unidirectional process but a dynamic and cyclical approach. Importantly, the borders between the various approaches are not always clearly […]