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Researchers discover how eating feeds into the body clock
The study from the MRC LMB published in the journal Cell is the first to identify insulin as a primary signal that helps communicate the timing of meals to the cellular clocks located across our body, commonly known as the body clock. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - April 26, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

Calling all MRC-funded PhD students!
The MRC’s 2019 Max Perutz Science Writing Award is now open. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - April 24, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

Discovery of genetic variants could lead to new weight loss medicines
Around four million people in the UK carry genetic variants that protect them from obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease, according to a new paper co-authored by MRC researchers. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - April 18, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

New MRC Health Innovation Champion appointed
Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak has been appointed as MRC Health Innovation Champion. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - April 12, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

New approach to tackle Ebola and other deadly infections
MRC scientists have isolated therapeutic antibodies from healthy volunteers exposed to the Ebola vaccine but not Ebola virus itself, suggesting that protective therapies could be developed from people who are disease-free. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - April 3, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

Report reveals legacy of public health research centres
By building capacity and capability in public health research, a report shows how the legacy of a UK-wide network of centres of excellence has helped fuel future public health and prevention research. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 28, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

Latest Biomedical Catalyst investments will transform patient outcomes
Cutting edge projects have received£23 million of government funding under the Biomedical Catalyst, it was announced today. The MRC invested nearly£13.5 million in a number of innovative projects. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 22, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

MRC scientists discover unique tau filament structures in head-injury associated dementia
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology researchers reveal atomic structures of the abnormal tau filaments associated with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a head injury-associated neurodegenerative disease, differ in structure from those seen in Alzheimer’s disease. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 20, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

Nine-month treatment regimen for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis is as effective as 20-months
A nine to 11-month treatment regimen is as effective in treating multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) as the 20 to 24-month regimen recommended in 2011 WHO guidelines, according to new research conducted by a team of researchers, including MRC scientists. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 14, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

High blood pressure, diabetes and obesity each linked to unhealthy brains
Factors that influence the health of our blood vessels, such as smoking, high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes are linked to less healthy brains, according to new research part-funded by the MRC. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 11, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

New genetic data on 50,000 UK Biobank participants made available
A vast tranche of new UK Biobank genetic data becomes available to health researchers today, offering an unprecedented resource to enhance understanding of human biology and aid in therapeutic discovery. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 11, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

MRC-funded study suggests deep brain stimulation could help OCD symptoms
The debilitating behaviours and all-consuming thoughts, which affect people with severe obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), could be significantly improved with targeted deep brain stimulation, according to the findings of an MRC-funded study. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 9, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

Prospective drug found by testing in human heart muscle grown from stem cells
Scientists have found a potential new drug for treating the heart damage caused by a heart attack by targeting the way the heart reacts to stress, according to new research which used stem cells to grow heart tissue and mimic a heart attack in a dish. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 7, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

HIV remission achieved in second patient
A second person has experienced sustained remission from HIV-1 after ceasing treatment, according to new research part-funded by the MRC. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 5, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

Blood test could give two-month warning of kidney transplant rejection
New research has found a novel way to predict rejection of a kidney transplant before it happens by monitoring the immune system of transplant patients. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - March 1, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news