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Enzyme corrects more than 1 million faults in DNA replication
Scientists have discovered an enzyme that corrects the most common mistake in mammalian DNA.
10 May 2012
Researchers ‘switch off’ neurodegeneration in mice
Researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit at the University of Leicester have identified a major pathway leading to brain cell death in mice with neurodegenerative disease.
8 May 2012
Measuring the return on investment of research
The MRC has launched a new funding initiative to identify rigorous, quantitative and qualitative methods to analyse the contribution research makes towards economic growth and wider societal impact.
26 April 2012
Academia-pharma collaboration attracts £14.4million funding in the UK to accelerate drug discovery
16 May 2012
Medical Research Council (MRC) and the University of Dundee are pleased to announce new funding of over £14million for continuing research on the development of new drug treatments for major global diseases.
Minister for Universities and Science launches new public-private imaging centre
15 May 2012
Imanova, a new state-of-the-art imaging centre co-owned by the Medical Research Council and three of London’s leading universities, has been formally launched.
New global clinical trials to tackle key health issues in low- and middle-income countries
11 May 2012
Nine new projects have been announced as part of the Joint Global Health Trials programme, an initiative between the Medical Research Council (MRC), the Wellcome Trust and the Department for International Development (DfID).
MRC response to JDRF parliamentary event on type 1 diabetes
25 April 2012
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) will today (25 April 2012) hold a parliamentary event to raise the profile of type 1 diabetes (T1D).
Photoreceptor transplant restores vision in mice
18 April 2012
Scientists have shown for the first time that transplanting light-sensitive photoreceptors into the eyes of visually impaired mice can restore their vision.
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