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Stanford program gives discoveries a shot at commercialization

The SPARK program is highlighted in a Nature Medicine article.

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Our Mission

SPARK was created as an innovative, cost-effective way to overcome the hurdles associated with translating academic discoveries into drugs or diagnostics that address real clinical needs.

The SPARK mission is two-fold:

  1. To help academicians overcome the obstacles involved in moving research innovations from bench to bedside
  2. To educate faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students on the translational research process  and path to clinical application so that development of promising discoveries becomes second nature within our institution

 

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