Medical Research Council

The Medical Research Council (MRC) is a publicly-funded organisation dedicated to improving human health. We support research across the entire spectrum of medical sciences, in universities and hospitals, in our own units and institutes in the UK, and in our units in Africa.

Main contacts:
Penrose, Adrian (Regional Communications Manager (Cambridge and Midlands))

Our Origins

At the beginning of the twentieth century, tuberculosis was one of the UK’s most urgent health problems. A royal commission, entitled The Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Relations of Human and Animal Tuberculosis, was set up in 1901. Its remit was to find out whether tuberculosis in animals and humans was the same disease, and whether animals and humans could infect each other. This page describes how, by 1919, the Commission had evolved into the independent Medical Research Council.

Tel: (0)1223 248011
Address: MRC Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge
Postcode: CB2 0QH
Country: United Kingdom
Website: http://www.mrc.cam.ac.uk
Size: 100+ Staff
Membership: CN_ORG_STAFF100

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Organisation Key

	Founder
	Founder Member
	Corporate Member 1-5 staff
	Corporate Member 6-20 staff
	Corporate Member 21-50 staff
	Corporate Member 51-100 staff
	Corporate Member 100 plus staff
	Individual Member
	Academic Organisation below 100 staff
	Charity below 100 staff
	Cambridge University Spin Out
	Babraham Research Campus Tenant
	St John's Innovation Centre tenant