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1923: 164: 29: 3139: 238:, the first scientific published medical patrol, as a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. It contains articles that have been peer reviewed, in an attempt to ensure that articles meet the journal's standards of quality, and scientific validity, allow researchers to keep up to date with the developments of their field and direct their own research. 3151: 549:
The MRC is advised by a council which directs and oversees corporate policy and science strategy, ensures that the MRC is effectively managed, and makes policy and spending decisions. Council members are drawn from industry, academia, government and the NHS. Members are appointed by the Secretary of
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Collins, R.; Armitage, J.; Parish, S.; Sleigh, P.; Peto, R.; Heart Protection Study Collaborative Group (2003). "MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of cholesterol-lowering with simvastatin in 5963 people with diabetes: A randomised placebo-controlled trial".
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State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Daily management is in the hands of the Executive Chair. Members of the council also chair specialist boards on specific areas of research. For specific subjects, the council convenes committees.
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and is a combination of inherited equipment from the anti-doping facilities used to test samples during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and additional items from the Centre's technology partners
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Historical perspectives on the role of the MRC: essays in the history of the Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom and its predecessor, the Medical Research Committee, 1913–1953
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Viergever, Roderik F., and Thom CC Hendriks. "The 10 largest public and philanthropic funders of health research in the world: what they fund and how they distribute their funds."
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The MRC was founded as the Medical Research Committee and Advisory Council in 1913, with its prime role being the distribution of medical research funds under the terms of the
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Sussex, Jon, et al. "Quantifying the economic impact of government and charity funding of medical research on private research and development funding in the United Kingdom."
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The MRC focuses on high-impact research and has provided the financial support and scientific expertise behind a number of medical breakthroughs, including the development of
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In August 2012, the creation of the MRC-NIHR Phenome Centre, a research centre for personalised medicine, was announced. The MRC-NIHR National Phenome Centre is based at
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UK Dementia Research Institute (hub at UCL; centres hosted by universities of Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Surrey, Imperial College London and King’s College London)
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winning the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2009 for showing how ribosomes, the tiny protein-making factories inside cells, function at the atomic level;
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the development of a test for detecting infectious prions on surgical instruments which is more accurate than previous tests and 100 times faster;
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Following the formation of UK Research and Innovation, the executive chair role replaced the chief executive officer role, and has been held by:
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the discovery that early treatment of HIV-infected babies with anti-retroviral therapy can dramatically increase their chances of survival;
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the finding that high quality surgery combined with a short course of radiotherapy can halve the rate of recurrence of colorectal cancer.
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Centers for Disease Control (CDC) (1991). "Use of folic acid for prevention of spina bifida and other neural tube defects—1983–1991".
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MRC/Versus Arthritis Centre for Integrated research into Musculoskeletal Ageing, Liverpool/Sheffield/NCL (universities of
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MRC/Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research (CMAR), Birmingham/Nottingham (universities of
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and Research England. UK Research and Innovation is answerable to, although politically independent from, the
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Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (European Research Infrastructure Consortium)
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Instruct – European infrastructure for structural biology (European Research Infrastructure Consortium)
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Fisher D. "The Rockefeller Foundation and the Development of Scientific Medicine in Britain"
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The MRC has units, centres and institutes in the UK, with units addressing medical issues in
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Scientists associated with the MRC have received a total of 32 Nobel Prizes, all in either
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Versus Arthritis/MRC Centre for Musculoskeletal Health and Work, University of Southampton
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety
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The following is a list of the MRC's institutes, centres and units as of June 2024:
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the identification of the second ever genetic variant associated with obesity; and
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MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection at Imperial College London
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the conducting of large studies in the 1970s and 1980s which established that
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MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Oxford
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MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit at the University of Southampton (LEU)
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MRC Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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British Journal of Clinical Research and Educational Advanced Medicine
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government
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MRC scales (MRC dyspnoea scale; MRC muscle scale; neurological scle)
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Mary Lyon Centre (UK national facility for mouse genetics, Harwell)
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MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit at the University of Oxford
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Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge
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Co-ordinating and funding medical research in the United Kingdom
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Institute of Genetics and Cancer at the University of Edinburgh
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MRC-Wellcome Trust Human Developmental Biology Resource (HDBR)
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Clinical trials data sharing: ReShare (at the UK Data Service)
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North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers
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MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit (at the University of Oxford)
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Important work carried out under MRC auspices has included:
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UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) Tissue Directory
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MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit at the
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MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, UCL (home of the
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Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London
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MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge (MDU)
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Doll, R.; Peto, R.; Boreham, J.; Sutherland, I. (2005).
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Electron Bio-imaging Centre at the Diamond Light Source
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MRC facilities and resources include, as of June 2024:
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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MRC Biomedical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Centre
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MRC & CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit,
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George John Gordon Bruce, 7th Lord Balfour of Burleigh
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Population Health Research Unit, University of Oxford
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As Chief Executives (originally secretaries) served:
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in patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease;
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Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence
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MRC–University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
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In the past, the MRC has been answerable to the 2610:Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 1960:Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 969:MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis 130:Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 3168: 2892:Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine 1472:"The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2003" 1044:Health Data Research UK (central team in London) 958:MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders (at 791:London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 776: 1821: 1819: 1194:National Institute for Health and Care Research 1090:Better Methods, Better Research guidance portal 265:(NIHR) and was officially opened in June 2013. 263:National Institute for Health and Care Research 3192:Organisations based in the City of Westminster 2709:Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology 521: 479:, showing benefits of primary prevention with 2872:British Society for the Philosophy of Science 2552: 2304: 1944: 1180:Institut Laue-Langevin neutron source, France 203:. Research funded by the MRC has produced 32 3187:Science and technology in the United Kingdom 2568:Science and technology in the United Kingdom 1816: 2318: 1827:"MRC list of institutes, units and centres" 1521:MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1339:. Oxford University Press. 15 December 2011 1108:(UK national synchrotron facility, Harwell) 1077: 992:National Survey of Health & Development 987:MRC Prion Unit at University College London 277:the identification of the dietary cause of 2559: 2545: 2311: 2297: 1951: 1937: 1921: 1694:. Medical Research Council. Archived from 399:. 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Imperial College London. 5 June 2013 1254: 1227: 321:Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 182:United Kingdom Research and Innovation 2939:The Association for Science Education 2540: 2292: 2248:Incubator for Artificial Intelligence 1932: 823:MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit 591:Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon 3150: 3088:Sites of Special Scientific Interest 2977:Campaign for Science and Engineering 2699:Food and Environment Research Agency 2675:Natural Environment Research Council 2655:Economic and Social Research Council 2645:Arts and Humanities Research Council 2172:Natural Environment Research Council 2152:Economic and Social Research Council 2142:Arts and Humanities Research Council 1611: 1494:"Therapeutic Antibodies and the LMB" 1440:Torsten, Krude; Klug, Aaron (2004). 1123:ISIS Neutron and Muon Source at the 878:MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, 769:MRC CEOs are normally automatically 642:Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd 573:George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen 342:, gaining them the 1945 Nobel Prize; 2055:Government Chief Scientific Adviser 1591:"The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009" 1366:. 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UK Research and Innovation
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Royal Commissions on Tuberculosis
Royal Charter
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National Institute for Health and Care Research
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Sorby Research Institute
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