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Frequent house moves in childhood might be bad for long-term health
Children who move house frequently when young may be more likely to suffer poor health in adulthood, according to new research from the Medical Research Council (MRC).
7 February 2012
Siblings’ brain scans could hold the key to drug addiction
Researchers funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) have identified a brain abnormality which is found in drug-dependent individuals as well as their siblings who have had no history of drug addiction.
2 February 2012
£4m boost for MRC-Asthma UK Centre
The Medical Research Council (MRC) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have co-funded a groundbreaking programme of asthma research at the MRC-Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma.
2 February 2012
First European strategy to tackle neurodegenerative disease
7 February 2012
Working with European partners, the Medical Research Council (MRC) has led the development of a broad, Europe-wide research strategy aimed at tackling the challenge of age-related neurodegenerative diseases
MRC re-structures its Management Board
1 February 2012
The MRC today announced a re-structuring of its senior management team following the departure last summer of its Chief Operating Officer, John Jeans.
MRC Experimental Medicine Challenge Grants launched
1 February 2012
The Medical Research Council (MRC) has launched a new funding scheme - the Experimental Medicine Challenge Grants - to stimulate clinical and translational research.
Invitation to comment on new MRC guidance on good research practice
23 January 2012
The MRC is currently revising the principles and guidelines on good research practice and we would welcome views on the new draft.
Genetic study offers clues to how intelligence changes through life
19 January 2012
Scientists have estimated for the first time the extent to which genes determine changes in intelligence across the human life course.
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