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13 Mar 2019
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.
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11 Mar 2019
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.
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11 Mar 2019
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.
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9 Mar 2019
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.
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7 Mar 2019
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.
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5 Mar 2019
A second person has experienced sustained remission from HIV-1 after ceasing treatment, according to new research part-funded by the MRC.
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28 Feb 2019
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.
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26 Feb 2019
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.
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25 Feb 2019
Researchers reveal findings that explain why some people who have never smoked develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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25 Feb 2019
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.
