Gene therapy restores paw function in rats with spinal cord injury
MRC-funded researchers at King’s College have shown that rats with spinal cord injuries can re-learn skilled front paw movements after being treated with a gene therapy. The therapy regenerated damaged tissue and could be switched on and off using a common antibiotic. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - June 15, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Queen's Birthday Honours 2018
Dr Richard Henderson, Molecular Biologist and Biophysicist at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology was made a Companion of Honour in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to electron microscopy of biological molecules. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - June 11, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Kidney cancers caught stealing genes from other cell types to spread
A study has identified how kidney cancers may develop the ability to spread around the body by hijacking genes from other cell types and‘stealing’ their functions. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - June 7, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

How aspirin may block bowel tumour formation
Researchers have shed light on how taking aspirin can help to prevent bowel cancer. They found that the painkiller blocks a key process linked to tumour formation. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - June 5, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Zinc finger proteins used in first gene-editing trial
MRC-funded research from Sir Aaron Klug’s lab at MRC LMB underpins a historic gene editing trial. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - May 30, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Health data: first UK snapshot review of research activity and key investments
Mapping the Landscape of UK Health Data Research and Innovation is a new landmark report which gives a snapshot of key activities and major investments in the complex and flourishing area of UK health data research. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - May 23, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Improving heart health could prevent frailty in old age
New research, funded by the MRC, found that older people with very low heart disease risks also have very little frailty, raising the possibility that frailty could be prevented. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - May 21, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

UK Biobank data reveals new Alzheimer's risk gene
An international research team funded by the MRC, and led by scientists at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Queensland, has identified three new genes linked to the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - May 18, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Resistance to antifungal drugs could lead to disease and global food shortages
Growing levels of resistance to antifungal treatments could lead to increased disease outbreaks and affect food security around the world, according to new research funded by the MRC. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - May 18, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Focus on inequality at World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health
Population health experts met to share their progress on health inequality during an MRC-funded symposium at the first World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health in Edinburgh on 17 May. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - May 18, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

MRC Festival of Medical Research 2018 programme launches
The third annual MRC Festival of Medical Research 2018 takes place from 14–24 June. It involves a wide range of free public activities showcasing MRC-funded research. The programme of MRC Festival activities launches. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - May 18, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

How primordial life on Earth might have replicated itself
Scientists have created a new type of genetic replication which demonstrates how the first life on Earth, in the form of RNA, could have replicated itself. The scientists say it utilises a system of genetic replication unlike any known to naturally occur on Earth today. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - May 16, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

New EMBO members announced
MRC-supported researchers are among the 62 scientists elected as new EMBO Members. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - May 15, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

MRC researchers join Fellowship of Academy of Medical Sciences
MRC-supported scientists are among the 48 distinguished medical researchers elected as Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - May 10, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

MRC scientists elected Fellows of the Royal Society
MRC-supported researchers are among the 60 eminent scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - May 9, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news