Need for more research and publication in clinical and experimental physiology

Abstract

Physiology as a research subject in medical science has contributed enormously to understand the pathophysiology of diseases and in evolving the physiological basis of medical practice. The advancements in medical research and practice have been possible due to research development in experimental and clinical physiology. Therefore, the Nobel Prize in the field of medical research has been designated as ‘Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine’.

Experimental physiology (or medicine) refers to the investigations undertaken in humans or animals as appropriate to the model system, to identify the mechanisms of pathophysiology of a disease, or to demonstrate proof of concept evidence of the validity and importance of new discoveries or treatments.^[1] Research in experimental physiology precedes the research in clinical physiology and medicine, before the initiation of clinical trials for treatment and prevention of diseases. Alfred Nobel, the founder of Nobel Prize was interested in experimental physiology and had set up his own laboratories in France and Italy to conduct physiology research experiments and had also donated generously to Ivan Pavlov’s physiology research laboratory in Russia.^[2] Read more...