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Achievements
In this section you can read summaries of achievements by MRC-funded researchers over the last decade, listed by year. These have been selected from more than 2,000 MRC research findings that are published each year in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
New dementia drug proves its worth
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2001
Scientists at the MRC/University Centre Development in Clinical Brain Ageing at Newcastle have shown that a drug called rivastigmine results in the core clinical features of Dementia with Lewy bodies.
Alzheimer's disease gene/s within reach
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2001
A team of MRC and international scientists has discovered new evidence for a gene involved in the common form of Alzheimer’s disease.
African trial of promising new anti-pneumonia vaccine
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2001
Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the MRC Laboratories in The Gambia have started a large clinical trial of a vaccine against pneumococcus, which kills around a million children every year.
Long-term studies counter African AIDS pessimism
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2001
MRC researchers have disproved the misconception that AIDS in Africa is a distinct disease from AIDS in developed countries and that little can be done to prevent or treat it.
Partners can help depressed people beat the blues
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2001
Professor Julian Leff and colleagues from the Institute of Psychiatry, London, have shown that couple therapy is more effective in improving depression than antidepressant drugs.
New material enables imaging advance
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2001
A team at the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, working with Marconi, has developed a new material that may lead to dramatic improvements in the performance of magnetic resonance imaging systems.
New mouse lines provide important resource for disease research
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2001
Scientists from the MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit and SmithKline Beecham have used powerful genetic approaches to generate a large resource of mouse strains, many of which carry new genetic mutations.
Pre-eclampsia breakthrough may benefit affected pregnancies
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2001
A team from the University of Reading has made a breakthrough in the understanding of pre-eclampsia, a potentially fatal cause of fetal and maternal illness.
Stem cell purification advance reduces leukaemia treatment costs
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2001
Scientists at the Therapeutic Antibody Centre in Oxford have developed an antibody which can help prevent graft-versus-host disease and rejection in patients with leukaemia and other blood disorders who undergo stem cell transplants.