From Test to Treatment; State Facilities Part of Effort to Get Results of Research to Patients Faster

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When Marshfield Clinic officials broke ground on a $40 million medical research institute last month, they positioned themselves as a powerful partner in a national movement to increase the speed at which research moves from the laboratory to the patient.

The 112,300-square-foot Laird Center for Medical Research, to be completed in early 2008, will house 200 physicians and scientific investigators looking at everything from genetics and personalized medicine to emerging infectious disease and biomedical informatics.

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From Test to Treatment; State Facilities Part of Effort to Get Results of Research to Patients Faster

Marshfield researchers also will work closely with scientists and physicians at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

"This will be a very substantial change both administratively and in terms of how we train clinical investigators and conduct clinical research," ...

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