December
Largest ever stem cell ‘dialogue’ provides insight into public attitudes - 17 December 2008
Genetic diversity driving drug-resistant TB - 16 December 2008
Brain genes associated with increased body mass - 15 December 2008
Trial reports simplified treatment for endometrial cancer - 15 December 2008
Young scientists test entrepreneurial skills - 9 December 2008
Search for genetic influence on vCJD continues - 9 December 2008
Gene discovery suggests body clock link to diabetes - 8 December 2008
Alzheimer's potential for epilepsy drug - 8 December 2008
New treatment approach may offer end to suffering from allergies - 4 December 2008
Treatment hope for people with recurring depression - 4 December 2008
November
The independent review of the Highest Level Microbiological Containment Facilities in the UK led by Professor George Griffin is published - 28 November 2008
MRC launches new Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Edinburgh - 27 November 2008
Discovery of protein regulatory principles opens new directions for research - 27 November 2008
Teenage-led sex education could be an innovative way forward - 25 November 2008
Hospitals could be fined millions of pounds even if they reduce C difficile infection risk - 24 November 2008
New report shows the financial and social value of investing in medical research - 21 November 2008
Forging a strong partnership in health research - A report from OSCHR - 20 November 2008
Early ART treatment dramatically reduces deaths in babies with HIV - 20 November 2008
Flu deaths could be reduced thanks to discoveries in cancer research - 14 November 2008
UK kids are active but aren’t eating their greens - 14 November 2008
New opportunities for industry and business scientists - 14 November 2008
Risky decision-making key to entrepreneurialism - 13 November 2008
UK research councils recommend changes to the European Commission’s draft animals Directive - 5 November 2008
Memory impairment depends on where the brain is damaged - 4 November 2008
Eating fish helps control diabetes - 4 November 2008
Voting habits linked to IQ in childhood - 3 November 2008
October
Malaria levels fall significantly in The Gambia - 31 October 2008
Sir Leszek Borysiewicz - a year at the helm of the MRC - 28 October 2008
A breath of fresh laboratories open - 27 October 2008
MRC boosts national effort in clinical trials through a new network in methodology research - 23 October 2008
Drug prevents common disease of the central nervous system - 21 October 2008
The UK and California announce an international collaboration to advance stem cell research - 20 October 2008
New trial to see if vitamin D in pregnancy can lower risk of osteoporosis - 20 October 2008
Polio could be wiped out in Nigeria thanks to improved vaccine - 16 October 2008
Seven new members appointed to MRC Council - 14 October 2008
A new ‘smear test’ to prevent anal cancer - 8 October 2008
MRC funds new centre to make medicines more safe - 8 October 2008
Cancer Imaging gets £3m from MRC - 7 October 2008
The National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles enters its third decade - 7 October 2008
New Director for the National Institute for Medical Research - 6 October 2008
30 million initiative for innovative approaches to neurodegeneration research - 2 October 2008
Healthy pregnant women do not need extra calcium - 2 October 2008
Salivating at the brink of a molecular breakthrough - 2 October 2008
Dyslexia ‘gene’ associated with reading difficulties in general population - 2 October 2008
MRC student wins prize in science poster competition - 1 October 2008
September
Understanding embryo implantation offers insight into infertility - 30 September 2008
Determining what works: guidance for health research design gets an overhaul - 29 September 2008
New data to inform clinical practice around preterm labour - 18 September 2008
Couch potatoes win weighty argument - 17 September 2008
£10.6 million to develop models of disease - 11 September 2008
Vitamin B12 may protect the brain in old age - 9 September 2008
August
Blood cell development depends on one protein - 22 August 2008
Architects chosen for project to build a world-leading research centre in London - 21 August 2008
Location of genetic varation is key to potential role in disease - 21 August 2008
Researchers say TB treatment trials needed for children - 20 August 2008
Trial finds Alexander technique helps reduce backpain - 20 August 2008
HIV therapy shows promise against pancreatic cancer - 19 August 2008
New Director for the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre - 18 August 2008
Simple genetic path creates brain architecture - 13 August 2008
Halting memories could prevent drug-addict relapse - 13 August 2008
Why the common cold poses an extra threat for people with asthma - 13 August 2008
New collaboration to tackle Scotland’s poor health record - 8 August 2008
Showing the value of MRC research - 5 August 2008
Pioneering pharmaceutical collaboration attracts £10.8 million funding - 5 August 2008
No justification for denying obese patients knee replacements - 4 August 2008
Fresh hope for malaria vaccine by piggy-backing it onto viruses - 4 August 2008
July
Genetic study provides insight into schizophrenia - 31 July 2008
Liver damage in Hepatitis C patients could be treated with warfarin, says new study - 31 July 2008
Link between low birth weight and heart disease in later life - 29 July 2008
Pain imaging story scoops win in MRC contest - 29 July 2008
Flu symptoms dampened by clue to inflammation - 28 July 2008
Senior appointment to shape MRC future - 25 July 2008
New institute to study obesity, diabetes and other metabolic disorders - 25 July 2008
Writers join scientists for creative conversation - 23 July 2008
Molecular memories mark males from females - 21 July 2008
Obsessive compulsive disorder linked to brain activity - 18 July 2008
Modified virus used to treat prion disease in mice - 15 July 2008
MRC scientists win Royal Society Medals - 10 July 2008
NIMR scientist wins EMBO Gold Medal - 10 July 2008
Risk of disease starts in the womb - 4 July 2008
Brain cells that control where worms wander identified - 3 July 2008
Innovation award for toxicology researcher - 2 July 2008
Survival rates up for people with HIV - 2 July 2008
June
Leap forward in structural biology will revolutionise drug making - 26 June 2008
Better tools needed to measure pain in infants - 24 June 2008
Work on laboratory of the future to begin in Cambridge - 24 June 2008
Supportive schools can help reduce student smoking - 20 June 2008
Queen's birthday honours for MRC - 18 June 2008
UK & Singapore Partner on S$6m fund to tackle infectious disease - 17 June 2008
Forty per cent of gay men with HIV don't know they are infected - 16 June 2008
Serotonin plays key role in decision-making - 13 June 2008
Putting the brakes on cancer cells - 12 June 2008
Renewed multi-million pound effort to prevent disease - 12 June 2008
Innate antibacterial ability scrutinised - 6 June 2008
Multi-million pound funding to improve study and treatment of disease - 4 June 2008
DNA damage signal uncovered - 3 June 2008
May
Timer genes control brain size - 29 May 2008
Embryonic stem cells are self-sufficient - 22 May 2008
Researchers re-train immune cells to fight disease - 20 May 2008
Asbestos-induced lung cancer patients do not appear to benefit from chemotherapy - 16 May 2008
New dimension discovered in body clock rhythm - 16 May 2008
Royal Society honours MRC Chief Executive and scientists - 16 May 2008
National survey shows improved survival for extremely preterm babies born after 23 weeks - 16 May 2008
Bird flu pandemic would require multi-drug approach - 15 May 2008
Genetic link to preeclampsia - 12 May 2008
99 percent of children born to HIV positive mothers uninfected - 8 May 2008
Major UK funders publish common rules for animal research - 8 May 2008
Platypus genome unravelled - 8 May 2008
Scientists to develop stem cell therapies to mend livers and bones - 7 May 2008
Vivienne Parry joins Medical Research Council - 6 May 2008
Study explains how asthma gene causes breathing problems - 6 May 2008
Secret to testis development lies in gene interaction - 6 May 2008
Second genetic link to obesity identified - 6 May 2008
£3 million for research to prevent ill health - 6 May 2008
New funding to deliver targeted research - 2 May 2008
Call for proposals - Milstein fund awards - 2 May 2008
Innovative Medicines Initiative - 2 May 2008
Most top medical researchers have had MRC support - 1 May 2008
April
Balanced diet key to keeping children slim - 29 April 2008
UKCMRI partners dismiss claims about research project - 23 April 2008
MRC PhD students vie for a Guardian byline - 18 April 2008
Update from the MRC's March 2008 Council meeting - 17 April 2008
World’s largest health information project meets recruitment milestone - 17 April 2008
Human reproductive scientists apply skills to African mammal conservation - 15 April 2008
MRC scientist awarded first Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize - 11 April 2008
Call for proposals - Biomarkers - 9 April 2008
Survival of the fattest: TB bacterium uses fat to survive and spread - 1 April 2008
Max Perutz Award 2008 - 1 April 2008
March
‘Ivy’ nerve cells identified in the brain - 31 March 2008
Working together to improve health - 31 March 2008
Opportunities and safeguards - Sir Leszek backs the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - 28 March 2008
Beetle genome opens the door to developmental research - 26 March 2008
Environmental factors linked to development of autoimmune diseases - 26 March 2008
Shorter radiotherapy courses can benefit breast cancer patients - 19 March 2008
More efficient gene targeting improves prospects for gene therapy - 18 March 2008
Healthy male reproductive organs depend on early hormone activity - 14 March 2008
Award winning images of science - 12 March 2008
MRC involvement in the Cambridge Science Festival - 10 March 2008
Gene could spell new chapter in fight against gout - 10 March 2008
Intricate immune interactions maintain health - 7 March 2008
Kuru prions most similar to sporadic CJD prions - 4 March 2008
February
Statement from the International Stem Cell Forum - 28 February 2008
Call for proposals - Research platform for induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells - 27 February 2008
Nominations open for the BA Award Lectures 2008 - 21 February 2008
Hormone limits brain-damage caused by malaria - 18 February 2008
An independent monitoring committee has recommended the continuation of a trial of a vaginal gel aimed at reducing the spread of HIV, but the closure of one arm - 14 February 2008
One million tobacco deaths a year in India during the 2010s - 13 February 2008
The MRC and the Redfern Inquiry - 13 February 2008
MRC announces networking funds to assist UK researchers in proposal preparation for Innovative Medicines Initiative - 12 February 2008
Call for proposals - models of disease - 12 February 2008
MRC appoints new head of technology transfer company - 11 February 2008
Call for proposals - derivation of clinical grade embryonic stem cell lines - 11 February 2008
Neighbourhoods a big influence on teenage sex - 8 February 2008
Scientists reveal a new target to fight bad cholesterol - 8 February 2008
MRC/NIHR Methodology Research Programme - Commissioned research - 6 February 2008
Royal Society's MP-Scientist Pairing Scheme - call for MRC Research Fellows and scientists - 5 February 2008
‘Network’ newsletter, Winter 2008 - 5 February 2008
Giving mice a cold virus offers hope of new asthma treatments - 4 February 2008
January
£20 million for public health research - 25 January 2008
MRC and GSK to identify new therapeutic targets from genetic association studies - 25 January 2008
Malnutrition in young women can leave communities stuck in a poverty trap - 25 January 2008
Stem cells which cause childhood leukaemia found - 17 January 2008
Stem cells which cause childhood leukaemia found - 17 January 2008
MRC funds regional hubs for clinical trials methods - 14 January 2008
A good night’s sleep could improve long-term memory - 14 January 2008
New phase of additional funds to support clinical trials methods - 14 January 2008
Most people with diabetes would benefit from statins - 11 January 2008
New Year honours for MRC - 3 January 2008