(Medical Xpress)—A study funded by the Medical Research Council shows that, in those who are prone to having 'mistrustful thoughts', experiencing a social situation from a lower height can make people feel more inferior ...
Jan 29, 2014
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MRC scientists have taken a major step forward in understanding how a family of viruses, including norovirus, initiate infections.
Jan 10, 2019
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Scientists funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) have identified a new type of bone marrow stem cell in mice that is primed to produce large numbers of vital blood-clotting platelets. The breakthrough may eventually ...
Aug 13, 2013
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An international consortium of multidisciplinary researchers and specialists has developed a new method to counter the problem of COVID-19 vaccine falsification.
Oct 20, 2023
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(Medical Xpress)—The weight loss seen in patients after gastric bypass surgery for obesity may be helped by changes in the way the brain itself responds to food, reducing not only hunger but also the drive to eat for pleasure, ...
Aug 21, 2013
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Researchers at the MRC Prion Unit at UCL have found that it may be possible to determine whether or not a person has sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (sCJD) by testing their urine for the presence of abnormal prion proteins.
Oct 4, 2016
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In the largest genomic analysis of puberty timing in men, new research conducted by scientists at the University of Cambridge and 23andMe shows that the timing of puberty in males and females is influenced by many of the ...
Nov 9, 2015
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Today, a new drug will become available for patients with bowel cancer as part of a national clinical trial; based on a scientific discovery made only two years ago at the CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology.
Jun 30, 2017
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A molecule the body produces naturally in response to virus infection could be a viable flu treatment in the future, suggest researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London.
Sep 7, 2016
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New research from QIMR Berghofer has found that the hormone testosterone may play an important role in the development of endometrial cancer.
Aug 25, 2023
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