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December

MRC response to HFEA consultation: 'Donating eggs for research: Safeguarding donors'.  - 20 December 2006

Being a vegetarian is apparently the clever choice  - 14 December 2006

Genetic disease gives insight into how the body responds to infection  - 14 December 2006

Children who watch TV are at risk of getting fatter but not at a higher risk of heart disease  - 13 December 2006

Anti-pollen pill for hay fever victims  - 12 December 2006

Scientists look for clues to tackle peanut allergies  - 12 December 2006

An independent report has found a strong scientific case for the use of non-human primates in research  - 12 December 2006

Overweight? You might not know it.  - 11 December 2006

vCJD case highlights blood transfusion risk  - 8 December 2006

GSK is to buy Domantis - a company based on discoveries by MRC scientists  - 8 December 2006

Scientists support Richard Doll  - 8 December 2006

Brain scans could help predict schizophrenia  - 7 December 2006

Medical Research Council welcomes government plans for health research  - 6 December 2006

November

Fruit-fly fatty secrets shed light on liver disease  - 29 November 2006

Self Archiving of Publications – change in MRC Terms and Conditions  - 29 November 2006

Making memory - why young brains find it easier  - 22 November 2006

New head announced for Nobel stronghold  - 21 November 2006

Study finds limits to what sex education can achieve  - 21 November 2006

Structural changes reveal bird flu pandemic potential  - 15 November 2006

Adult heart cells learn to heal  - 15 November 2006

New MRC Publication: "Stem Cells - MRC Research for Lifelong Health"  - 14 November 2006

Musculoskeletal Research Highlight Notice  - 9 November 2006

Cell transplants help restore sight in blind mice  - 8 November 2006

Young people need to shape the future knowledge economy  - 3 November 2006

October

How will dementia affect us as we age?  - 31 October 2006

Brain scans reveal risk of psychosis  - 29 October 2006

Fighting HPV could help cervical cancer develop  - 25 October 2006

MRC Career Development Award in Biostatistics Announced  - 20 October 2006

Business case for renewal of MRC’s NIMR  - 18 October 2006

Greens can help keep breast cancer at bay  - 11 October 2006

Bowel cancer trial finds way to minimise risk of recurrence of rectal cancer  - 8 October 2006

Mouse reveals genetic cause for glue ear in children  - 6 October 2006

Breastfed babies are smarter because their mums are clever  - 4 October 2006

September

Twin genes do battle over multiple sclerosis  - 27 September 2006

Simple test for tuberculosis infection a step closer  - 14 September 2006

Life in the womb is key to wellbeing in later life  - 12 September 2006

Patient in vegetative state plays tennis in her head  - 7 September 2006

Semen can worsen cervical cancer  - 1 September 2006

August

Appointments at the Medical Research Council  - 26 August 2006

Government announces £26.4m for Diamond Research Complex  - 22 August 2006

NIMR scientists discover H5N1’s Achilles heel  - 18 August 2006

Joint statement from World Health Organisation and the MRC’s National Institute for Medical Research on avian flu virus analysis  - 13 August 2006

New study links brain activity, learning and delusions  - 8 August 2006

July

Experts urge caution in early human drug trials  - 26 July 2006

New gene link to dementia opens up possibilities for diagnosis and treatment  - 16 July 2006

‘Towards a more caring city’ Bristol citizens publish pioneering report on health and social care  - 13 July 2006

Findings of MRC monitoring study of Pentosan Polysulphate treatment in CJD patients  - 12 July 2006

New MRC centre to research cancer diet link  - 7 July 2006

MRC Director welcomed as new chair of European-African partnership  - 5 July 2006

The clock of life ticks for metabolic health and disease  - 4 July 2006

June

Stem Cell Science: Hope not Hype  - 28 June 2006

Research could help fight infection better  - 23 June 2006

Scientists honoured as Queen celebrates  - 20 June 2006

UK invests to strengthen best practice in animal research  - 13 June 2006

Teenage boys, fruit and vegetables and their bones  - 8 June 2006

Heart medicine good for your legs  - 3 June 2006

New study re-evaluates cardiovascular risks of anti-inflammatory drugs  - 2 June 2006

May

New Genetic clue to common diseases  - 30 May 2006

The Medical Research Council welcomes the first ever analysis of health research funding in the UK  - 25 May 2006

MRC congratulates new Royal Society Fellows  - 23 May 2006

MRC invests 4 million pounds to tackle pandemic influenza threat  - 22 May 2006

MRC Clinical research boosting African health  - 20 May 2006

New study shows some people just can't resist food  - 17 May 2006

Tackling causes of allergies could stop the use of expensive drugs  - 12 May 2006

New clue to how drug addiction works in the brain  - 10 May 2006

MRC welcomes its new chairman  - 8 May 2006

Knife crime in Scotland becoming ‘public health problem’  - 2 May 2006

April

Tackling AIDS in Africa: preparing for vaccine research  - 26 April 2006

New study into stroke caregiver training programme  - 25 April 2006

Friday fish is good for the brain  - 21 April 2006

MRC research may lead to a screening test for mouth cancer  - 18 April 2006

Imaginative work on fruitflies to study Alzheimer’s disease wins 2006 Westminster Medal  - 3 April 2006

March

Famelab 2006 final for MRC scientist  - 31 March 2006

Budget provides unrivalled opportunity for research  - 22 March 2006

Researchers reassure as drugs trial patients treated in hospital  - 15 March 2006

UK Biobank vanguard project begins  - 15 March 2006

Mystery of human energy solved by MRC scientists  - 13 March 2006

Scientists find a genetic cause for cocaine addiction  - 13 March 2006

Cambridge scientists discover an additional step along the road to cervical cancer  - 9 March 2006

MRC honours ‘the grandfather of protein phosphorylation’  - 9 March 2006

MRCT announces substantial funding for research into drug targets  - 2 March 2006

February

Missing copies of important genes may increase risk of developing diseases  - 16 February 2006

Estimated progression rates of Hepatitis C differs according to method of recruitment of study subjects  - 13 February 2006

Noradrenaline: the brain chemical that helps us stop  - 13 February 2006

January

Possible mechanism for the link between red meat and bowel cancer  - 31 January 2006

New evidence may help fight against obesity  - 30 January 2006

MRC congratulates New Years honours recipients  - 9 January 2006

Weaker bones in children closely linked to mother’s vitamin D levels during pregnancy  - 9 January 2006