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New funding to assess the economic impact of research
The MRC has awarded grants to three new projects under the second Economic Impact Call in order to better understand the link between medical research and its economic and societal impacts. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - December 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

MRC to increase funding for dementias research
The Medical Research Council (MRC) is committing nearly £100m new funding to dementias research, as the G8 dementia summit kicks off in London today. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - December 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

MRC unveils new UK Dementias Research Platform
The Medical Research Council (MRC) today announced a multi-million pound programme to accelerate progress in dementias research. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - December 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

MRC increasing funding for dementias research
The Medical Research Council (MRC) is committing nearly £100m new funding to dementias research, as the G8 dementia summit kicks off in London today. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - December 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Making sense of drug safety science
Why do drugs have side effects and what can be done about them? Making Sense of Drug Safety Science, a guide to answer these precise questions has been produced by Sense about Science, in collaboration with the MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - November 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The British Sexual Health Survey comes of age: results from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles
Results published today in The Lancet give the most detailed picture yet of the British populations sex lives over the last 10 years, as part of the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal) survey. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - November 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A gene mutation for excessive alcohol drinking found
UK researchers have discovered a gene that regulates alcohol consumption and when faulty can cause excessive drinking. They have also identified the mechanism underlying this phenomenon. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - November 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Resting pulse rates of UK pre-teens have risen during past 30 years
The resting pulse rate of UK pre-teens is estimated to have risen by up to two beats a minute during the past 30 years, but the rise does not seem to be linked to overall weight gain in this age group, according to a MRC funded study. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - November 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Earlier ART treatment for children with HIV in Africa leads to stronger immune systems in adulthood
In a study funded by the MRC, EPSRC, DFID and GOSH Biomedical Research Centre, researchers have shown that starting children with HIV in Africa on antiretroviral treatments before the age of six increases their likelihood of surviving into adulthood. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - November 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Launch of public consultation into openness and transparency in animal research
Research published in 2012 showed that the public want to know more about what goes on in animal research. Since then, the bioscience community has been creating a set of draft commitments to be more open about how and why it uses animals in research. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - November 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Imaging study shows dopamine dysfunction is not the main cause of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
A study funded by the MRC and published in Brain today found administering methylphenidate to healthy volunteers, as well as those who exhibit symptoms of ADHD as adults, led to similar increases of the chemical dopamine in their brain. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - October 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New MRC Deputy CEO announced
Dr Jim Smith has been designated as the MRC Deputy Chief Executive and Chief of Strategy. He will take up the position from 1 April 2014 on the retirement of the current Deputy Chief Executive and Chief of Strategy Dr Wendy Ewart. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - October 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The lights are on, so somebodys home: imaging researchers pinpoint degrees of consciousness during anaesthesia
Researchers part funded by the MRC have shown that measuring slow-wave activity in an individuals brain while they are under anaesthetic offers the clearest picture yet of degrees of perceptual awareness in the brain during the period of anaesthesia. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - October 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology alumni awarded Nobel Prize for Chemistry
The MRC is delighted to congratulate Professor Michael Levitt, Professor Arieh Warshel and Professor Martin Karplus on being awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - October 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New initiative supports research to strengthen health systems in low- and middle-income countries
Scientists have discovered a natural temperature sensor in one of the bacteria that cause meningitis and blood poisoning, which allows them to evade the bodys immune response. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - October 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news