Medical Research Council

One of the asides of it that was so astonishing to me in this story and how medicine has changed between 1940 and 2004 is that the first grant from the Medical Research Council, which is like the NIH of Britain -- Florey asked for 100 pounds to buy -- it was an initial grant, but it was supplies and getting things going.

The Mold in Dr. Florey�s Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle 2004

The study was funded by the charity Asthma UK, the Medical Research Council, and the Wales Office of Research and Development.

Leo Galland, M.D.: Hidden Toxins In Your Workplace M.D. Leo Galland 2011

Prof Max Parmer, director of the Medical Research Council clinical trials unit, said: Smoking kills more than five million people each year, and two out of every three smokers have said at some point that they would like to give up.

Motivational text messages help smokers quit, finds study 2011

We are trying to secure funding from the Medical Research Council and we are trying to attract new philanthropic gifts into the programme as well as reaching out to our existing supporters and community, he said.

Promising cystic fibrosis drug trial ends as the cash runs out 2011

Prof Max Parmer, director of the Medical Research Council clinical trials unit, said: Smoking kills more than five million people each year, and two out of every three smokers have said at some point that they would like to give up.

Motivational text messages help smokers quit, finds study 2011

The owner recognised his talents and paid for him to attend evening classes at Birkbeck College, and he won a place to study chemistry at Manchester, worked for a while on a Quaker farm, and then, in 1941, went to the Medical Research Council's National Institute in Hampstead as a research student.

James Lovelock wins Observer lifetime achievement at ethical awards 2011

"This is modest weight loss, but we have to be realistic," says lead researcher Susan Jebb, head of diet and population health for the Medical Research Council, a government-funded research unit in Great Britain.

Dieters lose more on Weight Watchers than visits to doctor 2011

The study was funded by the charity Asthma UK, the Medical Research Council, and the Wales Office of Research and Development.

Leo Galland, M.D.: Hidden Toxins In Your Workplace M.D. Leo Galland 2011

The owner recognised his talents and paid for him to attend evening classes at Birkbeck College, and he won a place to study chemistry at Manchester, worked for a while on a Quaker farm, and then, in 1941, went to the Medical Research Council's National Institute in Hampstead as a research student.

James Lovelock wins Observer lifetime achievement at ethical awards 2011

The study was part of the Medical Research Council's Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies project and looked at a specific class of commonly used drugs being taken by people over 65 over a two-year period.

Over 65s who take more than one medicine should consult their doctors 2011