Research funders outline steps to prevent re-identification of anonymised...
A group of research funders today outlined the steps they will take to reduce the risk of anonymised individual research subjects in the UK being re-identified from genomic, epidemiological and social...
View ArticleEPSRC/MRC joint statement on support for healthcare technologies
Support for healthcare technologies is of strategic importance to both EPSRC and MRC and we are committed to funding research projects and researchers of the highest international quality.
View ArticleAstraZeneca and MRC enter strategic collaboration to create new centre for...
The Medical Research Council (MRC) and AstraZeneca today announced that they have entered into a groundbreaking collaboration aimed at better understanding the mechanisms of human disease.
View ArticleMedical bioinformatics: More awards announced
The Medical Research Council (MRC) has made a further investment of £7.1 million, to improve capability, capacity and capital infrastructure in medical bioinformatics.
View ArticleMRC Unit, The Gambia to incorporate MRC International Nutrition Group
The MRC International Nutrition Group (MRC ING) will become fully integrated into the MRC Unit, The Gambia with effect from 1 April 2014.
View ArticleTelling research participants about health related findings
The Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust have launched a framework to help researchers design and implement a policy on feeding back findings.
View ArticleNIMR achieves an Athena SWAN Award
From today UK Research institutes will be eligible to join Equality Challenge Units Athena SWAN Charter, a scheme that recognises excellence in womens employment in science, technology, engineering,...
View ArticleMen who started smoking before age 11 had fatter sons
Men who started smoking regularly before the age of 11 had sons who, on average, had 5-10kg more body fat than their peers by the time they were in their teens, according to new research from the...
View ArticleScientists regenerate immune organ in mice
Scientists have for the first time used regenerative medicine to fully restore a degenerated organ in a living animal, a discovery that could pave the way for future human therapies.
View ArticleStatement on stem cell research
Stem cell research is one of the most promising fields of biomedical research today.
View ArticleIntelligent prosthetic liners could ease pain for lower limb amputees
A new device could help to relieve the pain and discomfort experienced by thousands of amputees as a result of poorly fitting replacement lower limbs.
View ArticleNew high-detail atlas offers tool to explore local environment and health
Researchers have launched a detailed atlas with environment and health maps at a fine scale across England and Wales.
View ArticleArtificial skin layer grown in lab
An international team led by Kings College London and the San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC) has developed the first lab-grown epidermis the outermost skin layer - with a...
View ArticleThe Chancellor, George Osborne, visits the LMB to announce future support for...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne visited the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge this morning to announce details of the long term plan for...
View ArticleMothers diet affects the silencing of her childs genes
A mothers diet before conception can permanently affect how her childs genes function, according to a study published in Nature Communications.
View ArticleDiscovery of anti-appetite molecule released by fibre could help tackle obesity
New research has helped unpick a long-standing mystery about how dietary fibre supresses appetite.
View ArticleNew appointments to the Medical Research Council
Four new members have been appointed to the Council of the Medical Research Council (MRC) by the Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts.
View ArticleWomen seek later abortion in Scotland for many different reasons
A study by researchers from the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (SPHSU) at the University of Glasgow indicates for the first time that women in Scotland seek late abortions for a variety...
View ArticleOpenness on animal research Concordat signed by 72 organisations
A Concordat on Openness on Animal Research in the UK is published today, signed by 72 organisations from across the scientific sector.
View ArticleStratified medicine initiative announces short-listed proposals to its second...
The MRC has announced nine short-listed proposals that could be funded under the second phase of its £60m Stratified Medicine Initiative.
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