December
MRC invests over £10m in stratified medicine research - 10 December 2012
MRC delivering on the Life Sciences Strategy, one year on - 10 December 2012
More babies survive before 27 weeks, but severe disability rates remain unchanged - 5 December 2012
November
Stem cells created from patient’s own blood - 30 November 2012
MRC and AstraZeneca scoop prestigious SCRIP award - 30 November 2012
New Director for Centre for Reproductive Health - 21 November 2012
First Randomised Controlled Trial to show spinal cord regeneration in dogs - 19 November 2012
World’s largest respiratory genetics study launches on World COPD Day - 14 November 2012
Global research team discovers new Alzheimer’s risk gene - 14 November 2012
Disrupting body fat’s inbuilt clock may lead to weight gain - 12 November 2012
Wellcome Trust and MRC invest £13m to create a new national stem cell resource - 6 November 2012
£39m Biomedical Catalyst funding will speed-up development of healthcare technologies - 5 November 2012
October
Alzheimer’s, cancer and rare disease research to benefit from landmark MRC-AstraZeneca compound collaboration - 31 October 2012
A declaration of openness in using animals in research - 19 October 2012
Suppression and Substitution: Two opposite brain processes that help us to forget unwanted memories - 18 October 2012
Researchers unlock biological ‘conductor’ for inflammation in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - 12 October 2012
MRC Open Council meeting in Northern Ireland - 4 October 2012
Diabetes screening may not reduce deaths - 4 October 2012
Sweet answer to the origins of life - 1 October 2012
September
Top haematologist announced as new Director of MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine - 21 September 2012
Most baby boomers ‘under the doctor’ at retirement - 19 September 2012
Max Perutz Science Writing Award 2012 - 13 September 2012
Human stem cells may hold cure for common form of deafness - 12 September 2012
August
Funding boost will help patients reap benefits of genetic revolution - 27 August 2012
Alcohol by-product destroys blood stem cells - 26 August 2012
Wellcome Trust and MRC invest in world-class Stem Cell Institute - 9 August 2012
New Centres put health records at the heart of UK medical research - 2 August 2012
First awards made through the Biomedical Catalyst - 2 August 2012
Two effective treatments for CFS/ME are also cost-effective - 1 August 2012
A phenomenal legacy for London 2012 - 1 August 2012
July
New stem cell partnership between the MRC and the National Natural Science Foundation of China - 31 July 2012
Breastfeeding linked with long-term reduction in obesity - 10 July 2012
Long list announced for the 2012 MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Award - 5 July 2012
New MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection will focus on fight against global bacterial infections - 2 July 2012
June
New members appointed to MRC Council - 27 June 2012
2012 Queen’s Birthday Honours for MRC scientists - 18 June 2012
European Parliament urged to continue funding research using embryonic stem cells - 15 June 2012
Large waist linked to diabetes risk in overweight adults - 6 June 2012
NC3Rs awards inaugural David Sainsbury Fellowships for alternatives in animal research - 1 June 2012
Sir Gregory Winter wins prestigious Prince of Asturias Award - 1 June 2012
May
£73m powerhouse of biomedical research opens at Imperial College London - 28 May 2012
Princess Royal opens Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine - 28 May 2012
£29m to study drug-induced liver damage - 24 May 2012
UK funding bodies urge universities to improve the design and reporting of animal research - 22 May 2012
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