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MRC welcomes EU Commissions response to One of Us campaign
The MRC has welcomed the EU Commissions statement on the provisions of the current framework for funding stem cell research in Horizon 2020 in response to the One of Us Citizens Initiative. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - May 28, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dr Sara Wells has been appointed as Director of the Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell
The Mary Lyon Centre is a national facility that supports research using genetically altered mice, generating mice as models of human disease for the international research community. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - May 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Why Alternative teenagers self-harm: exploring the link between non-suicidal self-injury, attempted suicide and adolescent identity
Around half (45.5%) of Alternative* teenagers self-injure and nearly 1 in 5 (17.2%) attempt suicide, according to research by scientists at the MRC/CSO SPHSU, University of Glasgow and researchers from the University of Ulm, Germany. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - May 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

JPND rapid action call for working groups on longitudinal cohort studies for neurodegenerative disease
Current population and disease-focused cohorts offer a significant opportunity for advancing our understanding of the risks of developing neurodegenerative conditions and the influences on disease progression. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - May 15, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Stratified medicine initiative announces short-listed proposals to its second call for disease focused-consortia
The MRC has announced nine short-listed proposals that could be funded under the second phase of its £60m Stratified Medicine Initiative. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - May 15, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Openness on animal research Concordat signed by 72 organisations
A Concordat on Openness on Animal Research in the UK is published today, signed by 72 organisations from across the scientific sector. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - May 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New appointments to the Medical Research Council
Four new members have been appointed to the Council of the Medical Research Council (MRC) by the Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - May 7, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mothers diet affects the silencing of her childs genes
A mothers diet before conception can permanently affect how her childs genes function, according to a study published in Nature Communications. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - April 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Discovery of anti-appetite molecule released by fibre could help tackle obesity
New research has helped unpick a long-standing mystery about how dietary fibre supresses appetite. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - April 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New high-detail atlas offers tool to explore local environment and health
Researchers have launched a detailed atlas with environment and health maps at a fine scale across England and Wales. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - April 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Artificial skin layer grown in lab
An international team led by Kings College London and the San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC) has developed the first lab-grown epidermis the outermost skin layer - with a functional permeability barrier akin to real skin. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - April 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The Chancellor, George Osborne, visits the LMB to announce future support for science
The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne visited the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge this morning to announce details of the long term plan for science capital investment. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - April 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Intelligent prosthetic liners could ease pain for lower limb amputees
A new device could help to relieve the pain and discomfort experienced by thousands of amputees as a result of poorly fitting replacement lower limbs. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - April 15, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Statement on stem cell research
Stem cell research is one of the most promising fields of biomedical research today. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - April 9, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Scientists regenerate immune organ in mice
Scientists have for the first time used regenerative medicine to fully restore a degenerated organ in a living animal, a discovery that could pave the way for future human therapies. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases - April 8, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news