MRC: Death rates differ over three-fold between occupational groups

Death rates differ over three-fold between occupational groups People who work in factories, construction and in housekeeping jobs are in the occupational groups that have the highest mortality rates, according to a new MRC study. Read more New tiny cantilever can weigh a single cell Scientists have developed a tiny cantilever that can weigh individual cells, which has enabled them to detect that a cell stops growing after catching a virus. Read more Recruitment to the MRC Council of UK Research and Innovation The MRC is looking to appoint up to 12 Council members from 1 April 2018. Read more Scientists unveil structure of protein critical for gene expression The technique of cryo-electron microscopy - for which MRC scientist Dr Richard Henderson won a Nobel Prize earlier this month - has now been used to solve the structure of a protein complex critical for gene expression. Read more New database to connect neurodegenerative disease community Researchers studying neurodegenerative disease can now look up cohort studies and make connections through a new shared portal. Read more MRC project crowned winner of Newton Prize in India An MRC Newton-funded project has been awarded the Newton Prize worth £200,000 at an event in New Delhi today, for testing the introduction of a new vital sign device into routine maternity care in hospitals in India and Africa. Read more Brain tumour's 'addiction' to common amino acid could be its weakness Starving a childhood brain tumour of the amino acid glutamine could improve the effect of chemotherapy, according to a preclinical study. Read more