How far is your closest hospital or clinic? Public health researchers explain why Africa needs up-to-date health facility databases
The lack of reliable information about health facilities across sub-Saharan Africa became very clear during…
Gut bacteria can remove PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ from our body – UKRI
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) have been linked to a range of health issues including:…
MRC centre to develop brain stimulation device-based therapies – UKRI
The Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Restorative Neural Dynamics will…
MRC, NIHR and CRUK enhance support for clinical research leaders – UKRI
This is a key step in addressing the need to grow the number of clinical…
MRC improving medical research – UKRI
As a funder, the Medical Research Council (MRC) works alongside the biomedical research community to…
Multiple chronic illnesses linked to higher risk of depression – UKRI
Researchers found that some combinations of chronic illnesses, particularly cardiometabolic ones like diabetes and heart…
UKRI showcases the technologies of tomorrow – UKRI
How new technologies are improving many aspects of our world from plastics recycling to food…
New MRI scans enable life-changing surgery for epilepsy – UKRI
This is the first study to use this approach. It has allowed doctors at Addenbrooke’s…
How aspirin could prevent some cancers from spreading – UKRI
In the study, primarily funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and published in Nature,…
Largest ever genomic dataset of children and their parents – UKRI
For the first time, genomic data for over 37,000 children and parents collected over multiple…