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Professor Patrick Chinnery appointed as MRC Clinical Director
Professor Patrick Chinnery has been appointed as MRC Clinical Director. He joins the senior management team and will play a key role in developing, promoting and implementing MRC research programmes, working with national and international partners. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - February 26, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

New clues as to why non-smokers, as well as smokers, develop COPD
Researchers reveal findings that explain why some people who have never smoked develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - February 25, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

Distorted, stretched DNA may increase risk of off-target changes with CRISPR-Cas9
Distortions to DNA, which occur routinely during gene expression and other cellular processes, could lead to off-target changes to the genome when using CRISPR-Cas9, a new study suggests. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - February 25, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

MRC-funded research reveals extent of trauma and PTSD in young people
MRC-funded research from King’s College London suggests one in 13 young people in the UK have had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) before reaching age 18. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - February 22, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

UKRI'One Health' AMR research priorities showcased in Parliament today
Parliamentarians, researchers, policy makers, industry figures and funders discussed research progress against AMR, outstanding research priorities and what is needed to enable research to deliver a step-change in tackling AMR. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - February 13, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

Blood test could improve early detection of lung cancer
New research led by scientists at the MRC Toxicology Unit suggests that by analysing levels of DNA in the blood, the early detection of lung cancer could be improved. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - February 12, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

Researchers develop technique to analyse cancer cells' life history
A team of researchers from the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine at Oxford University has developed a technique that allows scientists to reliably track genetic errors in individual cancer cells, and find out how these might lead to uncontrollable growth. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - February 12, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

Higher dose of chemotherapy reduces breast cancer recurrence
Giving chemotherapy drugs every two weeks instead of the usual every three weeks reduces the risk of breast cancer recurrence and death, according to new research. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - February 8, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

Origins of depression brought into focus in large-scale gene study
Hundreds of genes have been newly linked to depression, shedding light on the origins of the condition and highlighting personality types that could be at risk. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - February 5, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

New study sheds light on community-based approach to diabetes prevention in Bangladesh
New research funded by the MRC highlights the success of a novel community-based approach to diabetes prevention in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - February 4, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

Statin therapy reduces cardiovascular disease risk in older people
Statin therapy reduces major vascular events, such as heart attacks and strokes, in a wide range of people, including those over the age of 75, according to new research from MRC scientists. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - February 1, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

New 3D imaging technique reveals how pancreatic cancers start
A new technique to study tissue samples in 3D has revealed that pancreatic cancers can start and grow in two distinct ways, solving a decades-old mystery of how tumours form. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - January 30, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

Research sheds light on body clock and links to mental health and disease
A large-scale genomic analysis has revealed some of the inner workings of the body clock, suggesting that being genetically programmed to rise early may lead to greater well-being and a lower risk of schizophrenia and depression. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - January 29, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

New Director of MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology
A new Director has been appointed to run the Medical Research Council Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology (OIRO). (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - January 24, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news

New era for UK superbug research
The UK’s new 20 year vision and five year National Action Plan (2019-2024) for containing, controlling and mitigating antimicrobial resistance has been announced by Health Secretary Matt Hancock at the World Economic Forum at Davos today. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - January 24, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news