Seven ages:

MRC Annual Review 2009-10

Shakespeare famously divided humanity into seven ages. The MRC Annual Review 2009-10 borrows this theme to show how MRC-funded research benefits everyone, at every stage of life.

The impact of medical research begins before we are even born, through research on genetics and fetal development. It improves health across the human lifespan from infancy to old age. Even after we die, research into tissues donated by volunteers is helping MRC scientists to unlock the causes of devastating conditions like Parkinson's disease.

Seven ages tells the stories of MRC scientists behind some of the most exciting discoveries from 2009-10 and of people of all ages who have benefited from their findings - along with a selection of the MRC's many research achievements.

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•   1 Before birth
•   2 Baby & toddler
•   3 Childhood
•   4 Teenage years
•   5 Adulthood
•   6 Middle age
•   7 Getting older