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Patients regain sight after receiving engineered retinal tissue
The first patients to receive a new treatment derived from stem cells for people with wet age-related macular degeneration have regained reading vision. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 20, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Scientists study how environmental and social change affects the spread of infection
MRC-funded research is shedding light on how change in our natural, physical, and social environments through globalisation, urbanisation, deforestation, changing food production and lifestyles may be inadvertently altering the patterns of disease spread. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 13, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Scientists discover a new way humans can estimate distances from sound
A study has revealed a new mechanism that allows humans to use hearing to estimate their relative distance from sound sources. The research reveals that humans can perform this task more efficiently when they are allowed to move. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 13, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

£40 million for UK DRI hub at UCL
The£40million, which will be matched by significant capital investment by UCL, brings the total committed investment so far for UK DRI from the MRC and its two charity partners to£290million. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 12, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Government position on UK participation in Horizon 2020
The UK government has (March 5 2018) issued a document to clarify the UK’s eligibility to participate in Horizon 2020, the EU ' s flagship programme for science and innovation. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 8, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Alzheimer's researchers win world's top brain research prize
The 2018 Brain Prize is being awarded to four neuroscientists for their groundbreaking research on the genetic and molecular basis of Alzheimer’s disease. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 5, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Boost your neuro research State-side
MRC is encouraging early career researchers in neurodegeneration to apply for the 2018 MRC-NIH Partnering Awards Scheme. Funded by the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the call aims to kick-start new USA collaborations and strengthen existing parterships (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 1, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

New blood test could quickly predict if the drug palbociclib will help breast cancer patients
A new study has found a blood test for cancer DNA could predict if a woman is responding to the breast cancer drug palbociclib, months earlier than current tests. Scientists say the test could detect in two to three weeks whether the drug is working. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 1, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

New insight into body's response to killer fungus
MRC scientists have made a new discovery that could help in the fight against a fungus that kills around 200,000 people every year and causes lung and allergic diseases in millions of others. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - February 28, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Survey finds UK cannabis market dominated by high-potency skunk
The first comprehensive survey of cannabis strength published in the UK for almost 10 years finds that high-potency varieties made up 94% of police seizures in 2016. It highlights the potential threat posed to mental health by a market dominated by strong cannabis. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - February 28, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Modafinil found to improve memory in people recovering from depression
A new study funded by the MRC and Wellcome, and published today in the journal Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, has found that the wakefulness-promoting drug modafinil improves memory functions in people recovering from depression. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - January 17, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news

Improving support for clinical academics
Academic training for research-active clinicians needs to be acknowledged, recognised and integrated with clinical training and work, says funders’ new report on principles and obligations outlining best practice. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - January 13, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news

Malaria infection depends on number of parasites, not number of mosquito bites
For the first time, researchers have shown that the number of parasites each mosquito carries influences the chance of successful malaria infection. The finding has implications for vaccine development and studies into how the disease spreads.  (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - January 13, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news

The MRC supports preprints
The MRC requires that the results of the research it funds are published, ideally in peer-reviewed journals; also that all such articles, whether published in an open access or subscription-based journal, must be archived in Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC) and made freely available as soon as possible. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - January 3, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news

New Year's Honours 2017
Congratulations to the MRC-associated people who have been recognised in the 2017 New Year’s Honours list. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - January 3, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news