December
MRC Studentship Placement Schemes - 21 December 2007
MRC Integrative-Toxicology Training Partnership (ITTP) Call for Applications - 20 December 2007
MRC board structures – changes agreed at the MRC’s December 2007 Council meeting - 20 December 2007
Osteoporosis screening trial begins - 19 December 2007
New Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics - 18 December 2007
Update on the MRC Commerical Fund - 17 December 2007
Four-fold increase in UK soldiers testing positive for cocaine - 14 December 2007
Discovery of malaria parasite escape technique leads to new drug target - 13 December 2007
MRC Delivery Plan for 2008-09 to 2010-11 published - 11 December 2007
Alice Cory Early Research Training Fellowship - 10 December 2007
Prime Minister Gordon Brown backs future world class medical research centre in St Pancras land sale - 5 December 2007
New funding for cell therapy research and health technologies - 5 December 2007
MRC review wins communications award - 3 December 2007
November
Exercise during childhood for healthy bones - 30 November 2007
Research Councils withdraw support for ISSCR 2009 Annual Conference - 30 November 2007
Embryonic cells count to control their development - 28 November 2007
Institute heralds new dawn of discovery science - 28 November 2007
HIV and behaviour - research in the UK - 28 November 2007
Research funders ask public what they really think about stem cell research - 26 November 2007
Concerted effort from leading health experts offers global prescription to tackle the most fatal diseases - 22 November 2007
Funds to boost UK methods research - 19 November 2007
Code of Practice for the Supply of Aquatics in Research - 15 November 2007
Patient research initiative to speed benefits to health. - 15 November 2007
Understanding diversity in disease - new routes to prevention, diagnosis and treatment - 14 November 2007
Vitamin D injection fails to prevent fractures in elderly - 12 November 2007
New target for MS treatment found using old drug - 12 November 2007
Young men are just as affected by hair loss during cancer treatment - 12 November 2007
The placenta really does act like a parasite - 9 November 2007
New link between genetics and obesity discovered - 8 November 2007
MRC Data Support Service - An Invitation to Bid for Tender - 8 November 2007
Immune system block alleviates asthma - 7 November 2007
Given choice, bereaved families will donate tissue for medical research - 7 November 2007
Learning to control energy balance - 5 November 2007
Changes to MRC clinical trials funding arrangements - 5 November 2007
New 'Research Opportunities' page - 5 November 2007
Hepatitis C virus found to spread directly from cell to cell by-passing antibodies - 3 November 2007
October
Outputs Framework 2006/07 - 31 October 2007
Antisocial behaviour in kids key to alcohol trouble in teens - 30 October 2007
Interviews now online - 29 October 2007
Tissues and Data Toolkit now online - 29 October 2007
New MRC Council members sought - 26 October 2007
Breakthrough reveals important human receptor structure that will aid drug development - 22 October 2007
Updated – Public Engagement Opportunities for MRC Researchers - 17 October 2007
Revealed: the brain circuits that control how much you eat - 15 October 2007
Pallbearer gene helps immune cells destroy dying cells - 15 October 2007
Scientists meet writers - 12 October 2007
Publishers and Funders reach agreement on open access and re-use rights - 12 October 2007
HIV drug designed for children wins FDA approval - 10 October 2007
Bone strength built in early life - 10 October 2007
MRC scientist wins neuroscience award - 10 October 2007
Watching speech comprehension fade as the brain falls asleep - 9 October 2007
Medical Research Council welcomes funding settlement - 9 October 2007
'Father of stem cell research' wins Nobel prize - 8 October 2007
Immune system link to cancer risk identified - 4 October 2007
Drug no better than placebo to treat behavioural symptoms of Alzheimer's - 4 October 2007
Gene that lowers cell stress could protect against Parkinson’s disease - 1 October 2007
September
Blood gene clue to sickle cell therapy - 28 September 2007
MRC's new Chief Executive takes the helm - 28 September 2007
Unmasked enzyme offers hope of effective diabetes treatment - 27 September 2007
NCRI Lung Cancer and Supportive and Palliative Care Research: Call for Outline Proposals - 27 September 2007
Secret of zebrafish stripes discovered - 25 September 2007
School and family key to adolescent activity - 21 September 2007
Call for Exploration Studies for Grand Challenges within the Information-Driven Health Initiative - 14 September 2007
Women undergoing IVF to donate eggs for stem cell research in return for reduced treatment costs - 13 September 2007
Virus experts step closer to treatment for HepC - 12 September 2007
3D fruit fly images to benefit brain research - 5 September 2007
First common gene for height identified - 3 September 2007
August
MRC industry showcase events - a route to translation - 22 August 2007
Hormone regulates fondness for food - 19 August 2007
Drug cuts stroke risk by half in over-75s compared to aspirin - 10 August 2007
Diet or exercise? New study finds sugar is important in obesity - 7 August 2007
Middle age spread: getting fatter but not heavier - 3 August 2007
MRC scientists form new therapeutics spin out - 3 August 2007
Call for Proposals: Experimental Medicine 2 - 2 August 2007
Jan Löwe awarded 2007 EMBO Gold Medal - 2 August 2007
July
More industrial placements available for MRC PhD students - 30 July 2007
Making best use of bowel cancer drugs - 20 July 2007
Cancer-causing enzyme could be stopped - 12 July 2007
No benefit from HRT for older women - 11 July 2007
Studentships update - Summer 2007 - 11 July 2007
Unemployed youth more likely to self-harm - 6 July 2007
Sculpting molecules guide body cell curves - 5 July 2007
Faces of Medical Research - Public Meeting - 2 July 2007
June
Alzheimer's prevention role discovered for prions - 30 June 2007
Contract awarded to assess the economic benefits of UK medical research - 29 June 2007
Smoking still kills, stopping still works - 29 June 2007
£16.5 million to battle infectious disease - 28 June 2007
Call for Proposals: UKCRC Translational Infection Research Initiative - 27 June 2007
Researchers find 'missing link' stem cells - 27 June 2007
Speaking out and winning trust - 26 June 2007
Understanding cell function to illuminate disease - 22 June 2007
Vaccine to protect children in West African 'meningitis belt' - 21 June 2007
Blood link to rheumatoid arthritis and heart disease - 20 June 2007
Queen honours six MRC scientists - 20 June 2007
Innovation honour for cancer cell scientists - 19 June 2007
State of the art imaging to fight disease - 18 June 2007
International prize for flu work - 18 June 2007
Milestone reached in sharing international stem cell knowledge - 17 June 2007
MRC responds to the Weatherall report on research using primates - 12 June 2007
Scientists team up to track genes for common diseases - 7 June 2007
May
UK centre-stage in scientific research - 31 May 2007
Isolated Italian population breathes new life into multiple sclerosis research - 30 May 2007
17m pound initiative to evaluate biomarkers - the medical tool of the future - 23 May 2007
Genes add up risk of autoimmune disease - 21 May 2007
MRC scientists honoured in annual Royal Society Fellow election - 18 May 2007
MRC welcomes FSA decision to add folic acid to flour - 17 May 2007
Network for Spring 2007 - 15 May 2007
New ovarian cancer treatment trial begins - 15 May 2007
Improving links with health-related industry - 14 May 2007
Opossum DNA offers insight into efficiency of natural selection - 9 May 2007
Mother’s little helpers: the immune cells that support pregnancy - 3 May 2007
MRC Board and Panel vacancies - 1 May 2007
MRC scientists figure prominently among new AMS fellows - 1 May 2007
April
'After hours' gene stretches body clock to 27-hour-day - 27 April 2007
Prions block cell recycling system to cause disease - 27 April 2007
New gene discovered in human stem cells may benefit transplant patients - 26 April 2007
MRC / Rib-X collaboration aims to fight drug resistance - 25 April 2007
Call for Proposals: Intervention Evaluation Study Platforms - 25 April 2007
Parental link to obesity - 24 April 2007
MRC Roadshows - 24 April 2007
Call for Proposals: Milstein Fund Awards - 16 April 2007
Meeting the health research challenge - 13 April 2007
Oxford geneticist wins research accolade - 11 April 2007
Spotting cancer quicker in developing countries - 3 April 2007
Antisocial behaviour in boys leads to poor health in men - 2 April 2007
March
Study reveals impact of the MMR controversy on parents of children with autism - 30 March 2007
The MRC responds to nanotechnology review - 28 March 2007
Call for proposals: National Prevention Research Initiative Phase 2 - 27 March 2007
Using harm to classify drugs - 23 March 2007
Treasury focus on science good news for the research community - 23 March 2007
Registration of clinical trials units: Call for applications - 23 March 2007
Volunteer recruitment kicks off in Manchester for UK Biobank - 23 March 2007
New Call for Proposal: Translational Vaccine Research - 15 March 2007
Nanotoxicology - Policy Highlight Notice - 12 March 2007
Tuning out: researchers make sense of background noise - 7 March 2007
MRC researcher awarded Biochemical Society’s Colworth Medal - 5 March 2007
The MRC launches 6 new translational medicine centres - 3 March 2007
Brain chemistry linked to drug addiction - 1 March 2007
February
Unlocking the mystery of skin renewal - 28 February 2007
‘Stories of discovery’ launched - 23 February 2007
Medical Research Council response to the spring supplementary announcement - 22 February 2007
New Call for Proposal: Centre Grant in 'Lifelong Health and Wellbeing' - 22 February 2007
Clue to genetic cause for high blood pressure - 22 February 2007
Genetic links to autism identified in massive genome search - 19 February 2007
Adult heart cell image wins BHF award - 19 February 2007
Report shows growing inequalities in mortality between rich and poor - 16 February 2007
FLARE (Future Leaders of Ageing Research in Europe) fellowship programme - 16 February 2007
Diamond to shine light on human cell structure - 9 February 2007
Early career funding boost for respiratory research - 7 February 2007
Waiting to build new tissue - embryonic stem cell self control revealed - 6 February 2007
Agreeing what makes a stem cell - 3 February 2007
January
Memory and behavioural problems reversed in mice infected with prions that cause a disease similar to human vCJD - 31 January 2007
Human blood proteins produced by mice - 26 January 2007
Research Grant and Clinical Trials Cross Group application deadlines updated - 25 January 2007
Potential cancer therapy found in junk DNA - 22 January 2007
MRC researcher wins Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine - 17 January 2007
Vitamin A inhibitors could help prevent gullet cancer - 17 January 2007
Gene guns - how one researcher improved his shot - 17 January 2007
20 million pounds to boost public health research - 12 January 2007
Debate over Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act reform fires up - 12 January 2007
Studentship Data Capture Project and the Je-S Programme - 9 January 2007
Fast food chains more common in deprived areas - 8 January 2007