May
Academia-pharma collaboration attracts £14.4million funding in the UK to accelerate drug discovery - 16 May 2012
Minister for Universities and Science launches new public-private imaging centre - 15 May 2012
New global clinical trials to tackle key health issues in low- and middle-income countries - 11 May 2012
Enzyme corrects more than 1 million faults in DNA replication - 10 May 2012
Researchers ‘switch off’ neurodegeneration in mice - 8 May 2012
April
Measuring the return on investment of research - 26 April 2012
MRC response to JDRF parliamentary event on type 1 diabetes - 25 April 2012
Photoreceptor transplant restores vision in mice - 18 April 2012
Targeted therapy using sound-waves offers ‘male lumpectomy’ for prostate cancer - 17 April 2012
Stratified medicine initiative announces short-listed proposals - 2 April 2012
March
UK Biobank opens to researchers - 30 March 2012
Gene found in worms could play a role in human cancer - 30 March 2012
A new strategy for UK regenerative medicine - 28 March 2012
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit in Cambridge announces new Director - 27 March 2012
£49m to study the human brain at the molecular level - 26 March 2012
MRC to fund retrieval, transport and diagnosis of donated brains - 26 March 2012
UK and Japan announce Memorandum of Understanding to jointly fund medical research - 21 March 2012
Funding boost for cystic fibrosis gene therapy trial - 16 March 2012
Prestigious Heineken Award for Professor John Duncan - 15 March 2012
Genetic study illuminates potential new drug targets for heart disease - 15 March 2012
MRC web user satisfaction survey - 13 March 2012
Human stem cells improve vision in rats with ‘glaucoma-like’ nerve cell damage - 8 March 2012
Commonly used dementia drugs can help more patients with Alzheimer’s disease - 7 March 2012
Boosting cell production could help treat liver disease - 5 March 2012
February
First European strategy to tackle neurodegenerative disease - 7 February 2012
Frequent house moves in childhood might be bad for long-term health - 7 February 2012
Siblings’ brain scans could hold the key to drug addiction - 2 February 2012
£4m boost for MRC-Asthma UK Centre - 2 February 2012
MRC re-structures its Management Board - 1 February 2012
MRC Experimental Medicine Challenge Grants launched - 1 February 2012
January
Invitation to comment on new MRC guidance on good research practice - 23 January 2012
Genetic study offers clues to how intelligence changes through life - 19 January 2012
New opportunities for MRC fellows to partner with industry - 18 January 2012
New stem cell partnership between the MRC and the National Natural Science Foundation of China - 17 January 2012
Fluorescent dye could detect early oesophageal cancer - 16 January 2012
Breastfeeding linked to infant temperament - 11 January 2012
Learning from the ‘best of the rest’ worldwide to steer Scotland to a healthier future - 11 January 2012
Naturally produced protein could boost brain repair - 10 January 2012
MRC publishes Economic Impact Report 2010/11 - 4 January 2012
New Year’s Honours List - 3 January 2012