Brain scan checklist set to boost care for stroke survivors
People who suffer a stroke caused by bleeding in the brain could be helped by four simple checks of their brain scans, research suggests. The checks could help spot people at risk of further bleeding so they can be monitored more closely. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - August 15, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Factoring in BMI and sex can help to avoid harmful side effects in type 2 diabetes
Clinicians can match people with type 2 diabetes to the right drug to improve control of blood sugar and help avoid damaging side-effects, simply by factoring in characteristics such as sex and BMI into prescribing decisions, new MRC-funded research suggests. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - August 3, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Drugs to target " undruggable " enzymes critical in many diseases
A new drug discovery system allows scientists to specifically target members of an important family of enzymes, called phosphatases, which were previously considered mostly"undruggable".  (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - July 26, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

UK and India join forces to tackle global health
Seven research partnerships will receive a total of£10 million under Phase 2 of the Global Research Programme on Health. The research teams will lead projects that seek to address the health needs of women and children in disadvantaged populations globally. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - July 26, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Turmeric extract in eye drops could treat the early stages of glaucoma
Curcumin, extracted from the yellow spice turmeric, could be used in eye drops to treat the early stages of glaucoma, found a new study led by MRC-funded researchers. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - July 25, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Survey of neurodegenerative disease research reveals funding up by a third since 2011
From today, funders and researchers can access a database containing survey information spanning three decades-worth of global neurodegenerative disease research funding. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - July 17, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Study identifies potential therapy for a common cause of dementia
A potential approach to treat a common cause of dementia and stroke in older people - cerebral small vessel disease - has been identified by early-stage research in rats. The study reversed changes in blood vessels in the brain associated with the condition. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - July 5, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Nobel prize winning technology reveals common herpes virus structure
For the first time, MRC researchers have been able to use the Nobel Prize winning technology, cryo-electron microscopy, to reveal the detailed structure of the common herpes virus. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - July 5, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Nobel Prize-winning technology reveals common herpes virus structure
For the first time, MRC researchers have been able to use the Nobel Prize-winning technology, cryo-electron microscopy, to reveal the detailed structure of the common herpes virus. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - July 5, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Celebrating the NHS at 70
Today, the NHS celebrates its 70th birthday. Since its launch on 5 July 1948, the NHS has utilised advances in medical science to deliver a free healthcare service for all. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - July 5, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Funding boost for volunteer infection studies to help combat infectious diseases
Nine research teams are each receiving around£100,000 of seed-funding to help set up new volunteer infection studies. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - July 2, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

£12 million in grants to tackle superbugs in a global context
Multimillion pound grants have been awarded to four UK universities to conduct research into AMR in low and middle income countries, as part of thecross-research council AMR initiative and theNIHR’s Global Health Research Programme. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - June 22, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

£900 million Future Leaders investment will sustain the UK as global home of research talent
Business Secretary Greg Clark has unveiled a major new£900 million investment in the UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship Scheme. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - June 21, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

New grant application status to recognise research staff contributions
To support the development of researchers across different career stages, the MRC will introduce a new status to recognise the contributions of research staff as researcher co-investigators on grant applications from July 2018. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - June 20, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

Combining different malaria vaccines could reduce cases by 91 percent
Using two experimental anti-malarial vaccines can greatly reduce the number of malaria infections in animal studies, according to a research team that includes MRC scientists. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - June 20, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news