Journal of Translational Medicine (May 2020)

The urgent need for integrated science to fight COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

  • Negar Moradian,
  • Hans D. Ochs,
  • Constantine Sedikies,
  • Michael R. Hamblin,
  • Carlos A. Camargo,
  • J. Alfredo Martinez,
  • Jacob D. Biamonte,
  • Mohammad Abdollahi,
  • Pedro J. Torres,
  • Juan J. Nieto,
  • Shuji Ogino,
  • John F. Seymour,
  • Ajith Abraham,
  • Valentina Cauda,
  • Sudhir Gupta,
  • Seeram Ramakrishna,
  • Frank W. Sellke,
  • Armin Sorooshian,
  • A. Wallace Hayes,
  • Maria Martinez-Urbistondo,
  • Manoj Gupta,
  • Leila Azadbakht,
  • Ahmad Esmaillzadeh,
  • Roya Kelishadi,
  • Alireza Esteghamati,
  • Zahra Emam-Djomeh,
  • Reza Majdzadeh,
  • Partha Palit,
  • Hamid Badali,
  • Idupulapati Rao,
  • Ali Akbar Saboury,
  • L. Jagan Mohan Rao,
  • Hamid Ahmadieh,
  • Ali Montazeri,
  • Gian Paolo Fadini,
  • Daniel Pauly,
  • Sabu Thomas,
  • Ali A. Moosavi-Movahed,
  • Asghar Aghamohammadi,
  • Mehrdad Behmanesh,
  • Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar,
  • Saeid Ghavami,
  • Roxana Mehran,
  • Lucina Q. Uddin,
  • Matthias Von Herrath,
  • Bahram Mobasher,
  • Nima Rezaei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-020-02364-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has become the leading societal concern. The pandemic has shown that the public health concern is not only a medical problem, but also affects society as a whole; so, it has also become the leading scientific concern. We discuss in this treatise the importance of bringing the world’s scientists together to find effective solutions for controlling the pandemic. By applying novel research frameworks, interdisciplinary collaboration promises to manage the pandemic’s consequences and prevent recurrences of similar pandemics.

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