Press

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2010

1. Cuts to public spending on research will jeopardise funding for medical research
   8 September 2010
2. Academy response to the appointment of the new MRC Chief Executive
   30 July 2010
3. Academy to conduct review of UK medical research regulation and governance
   25 July 2010
4. Press briefing - review of UK research regulation and governance
   20 May 2010
5. New Fellows Elected to the Academy 2010
   4 May 2010
6. Academy seeking public views on research using animals containing human material
   27 March 2010
7. Damaging gulf growing between teaching and research in UK universities
   26 March 2010
8. Political leaders must put medical science at the heart of the next Government
   11 January 2010

2009

9. Academy statement on climate change
   25 November 2009
10. Academy launches study on the use of animals containing human material
    10 November 2009
11. Statement in response to the sacking of Professor David Nutt
    3 November 2009
12. Costs of aging population could dwarf economic downturn
    28 September 2009
13. Research links between the UK and the Middle East strengthened
    10 September 2009
14. Action needed to realise the potential of new genetic studies
    7 July 2009
15. Genomic medicine statement
    6 July 2009
16. Academy makes recommendations to build clinical academic capacity
    19 May 2009
17. Better use of diagnostic tests needed to address global burden of disease
    5 May 2009
18. New Fellows Elected to the Academy 2009
    30 April 2009
19. Swine flu statement
    28 April 2009
20. 2009 Budget statement
    22 April 2009

2008

21. Economic benefits of medical research
    26 November 2008
22. Honorary Fellows elected
    26 November 2008
23. £5m start up funds announced for Clinical Lecturers
    1 October 2008
24. New Headquarters for Academy of Medical Sciences
    6 August 2008
25. Academy statement on the Data Sharing Review
    11 July 2008
26. Brain science, addiction and drugs
    22 May 2008
27. New Fellows Elected to Academy
    30 April 2008
28. 2008 Budget statement
    12 March 2008
29. Secretary of State for Health’s response to Aspiring to Excellence
    4 March 2008
30. Academy statement on 41 Portland Place
    24 January 2008
31. Academy response to The Tooke Report
    8 January 2008

2007

32. Identifying the environmental causes of disease
    27 November 2007
33. Academy response to Comprehensive Spending Review
    9 October 2007
34. Academy statement on Government response to Human Tissue and Embryos (Draft)Bill
    8 October 2007
35. Academy recommends changes in academic medical training in response to MMC
    19 July 2007
36. Contract awarded to assess the economic benefits of UK medical research
    2 July 2007
37. Inter-species embryo research vital for understanding and treating human disease
    15 June 2007
38. Research funders and Government support strategy for non-human primate research
    12 June 2007
39. Academy statement on academic boycotts
    6 June 2007
40. New Fellows Elected to Academy
    30 April 2007
41. Achievements of women scientists recognised
    29 April 2007
42. Website launched to promote careers in bioscience
    25 April 2007
43. House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s Hybrid Embryo report
    5 April 2007
44. Public say drug laws are ‘confusing and inconsistent’
    27 March 2007
45. New system of doctors training threatens future of UK clinical research
    16 March 2007
46. House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s report on the Cooksey Review
    15 March 2007
47. Peninsula Medical School chosen by Academy for first Visiting Lecture
    27 February 2007
48. Systems Biology: a vision for engineering and medicine
    1 February 2007
49. Academy launches national debate on drugs and drug use
    31 January 2007

2006

50. The Use of Non-Human Primates in Research
    12 December 2006
51. Academy Response to Cooksey Review
    6 December 2006
52. Pandemic Influenza: science to policy
    20 November 2006
53. Academy fellow highlights the challenges and opportunities in global health
    16 November 2006
54. Medical science can contribute to reducing violent crime
    19 October 2006
55. Better evidence needed to demonstrate the health and wealth benefits derived fro
    10 June 2006
56. Academy of Medical Sciences appoints new President
    13 April 2006
57. Personal data research means better healthcare
    17 January 2006

2005

58. Safer medicines
    22 November 2005
59. Quality not quantity is the key to successful research fellowships
    28 July 2005
60. Academy response to Foresight Drugs Futures 2025 report
    13 July 2005

2004

61. Better medicines for children
    17 August 2004
62. Scientists urge government to call time on Britain’s excessive drinking
    4 March 2004