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Brain scan gives vegetative state patient the power to say “Yes” and “No”
A patient presumed to be in a vegetative state for five years can communicate ‘yes’ and ‘no’ using just his thoughts, according to new research from the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the University of Liège
4 February 2010
MRC scientist wins 2010 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
British biologist Professor Austin Smith, MRC professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research at Cambridge University, has been awarded the 2010 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine.
28 January 2010
Intelligence in young children is not influenced by omega 3 fatty acids
Infant intelligence is more likely to be shaped by family environment than by the amount of omega 3 fatty acids, called DHA, fed in breast milk or fortified formula, according to new research funded by the MRC and the FSA.
21 January 2010
MRC Technology launches call for drug discovery targets
4 February 2010
MRC Technology’s Centre for Therapeutics Discovery (CTD) has launched a worldwide call to researchers for new drug and therapeutic antibody targets.
Turning the tide: 20 years of HIV/AIDS research in Uganda
2 February 2010
On the twentieth anniversary of the Medical Research Council’s (MRC) research unit’s presence in Uganda, Director Heiner Grosskurth looks back on the changing landscape of research into HIV/AIDS at the commemorative scientific symposium in Entebbe.
Gambia unit unveils new strategic direction
1 February 2010
The MRC unit in The Gambia has outlined new plans for the next five years, which will include focusing its science on three new themed areas: Child Survival, Disease Control and Elimination, and Vaccines.
HIV researchers solve key puzzle after 20 years of trying
1 February 2010
Researchers, funded by the MRC and US National Institutes of Health, have made a breakthrough in HIV research that had eluded scientists for over 20 years, potentially leading to better treatments for HIV. The study was published in the journal Nature.
Funding Discussions about Acute Trauma
27 January 2010
The Medical Research Council (MRC) announced today that it is in discussions with the Ministry of Defence to fund research into acute trauma and injury.
New scheme to provide £1.3 m extra funding to students for high cost training in animal physiology
25 January 2010
MRC or BBSRC PhD funded students can apply for additional funding (£5-£10k per year for the duration of a student’s PhD studies) to support the cost of training for research into whole animal physiology.
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