Abbreviation NCATS Type U.S. government agency Region served United States Headquarters Bethesda | Formation 2011 Legal status Active Official language English Founded 2011 | |
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Ncats the national center for advancing translational sciences
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) was established in 2012 and is located in Bethesda, Maryland. The NCATS is one of 27 institutes and centers of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The mission of NCATS is to transform the translation of scientific discoveries so that new treatments and cures for disease can be delivered to patients faster.
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- Ncats the national center for advancing translational sciences
- History
- Organizational structure
- References
History
NCATS was created in December 2011 by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012.
The center was created from a number of existing NIH programs :
Organizational structure
References
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA