Medical Research Council

institution responsible for co-ordinating and funding medical research in the United Kingdom
Organization non_departmental_public_body Q746879
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Summary

Medical Research Council is a non-departmental public body[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Medical Research Council is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Medical Research Council's instance of is recorded as non-departmental public body[4].
  • Medical Research Council's instance of is recorded as research council[5].
  • Medical Research Council's instance of is recorded as government agency[6].
  • Medical Research Council's headquarters location is recorded as Polaris House[7].
  • Medical Research Council's postal code is recorded as SN2 1FL[8].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as National Institute for Medical Research[9].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as Laboratory of Molecular Biology[10].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as MRC Human Immunology Unit[11].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as MRC Institute of Hearing Research[12].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as National Survey of Health & Development[13].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as MRC-University of Glasgow Centre For Virus Research[14].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit[15].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit[16].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as MRC Biostatistics Unit[17].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as MRC Cancer Unit[18].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as Medical Research Council Centre Cambridge[19].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as MRC Clinical Trials Unit[20].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as MRC Human Nutrition Research[21].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as MRC Epidemiology Unit[22].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as Medical Research Council The Gambia Unit[23].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as MRC Toxicology Unit[24].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology[25].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as MRC Centre for Reproductive Health[26].
  • Medical Research Council's child organization or unit is recorded as MRC Human Genetics Unit[27].

Body

Founding

1913 marks the founding of Medical Research Council[28].

Identity

Medical Research Council's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'MRC'}[29].

Operations

Medical Research Council's headquarters location is recorded as Polaris House[7]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as UK Research and Innovation[30]. Subsidiaries include National Institute for Medical Research[9], a medical research center[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 1913[33]; Laboratory of Molecular Biology[10], a research institute[34], in United Kingdom[35], founded in 1947[36], headquartered in Cambridge[37]; MRC Human Immunology Unit[11], a facility[38], in United Kingdom[39], founded in 1989[40]; MRC Institute of Hearing Research[12], a facility[41], in United Kingdom[42], founded in 1977[43]; National Survey of Health & Development[13], a science project[44], in United Kingdom[45]; and MRC-University of Glasgow Centre For Virus Research[14], a government agency[46], in United Kingdom[47], founded in 2010[48].

Why It Matters

Medical Research Council has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

References

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  1. [3] ↑ . GRID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  18. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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