Press

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2012

1. Statement on mitochondrial diseases
   19 January 2012

2011

2. Response to Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth
   8 December 2011
3. Academy welcomes the Prime Minister’s commitments to the life sciences
   5 December 2011
4. Sir John Tooke begins Presidency at the Academy of Medical Sciences
   25 November 2011
5. Animals containing human material
   21 July 2011
6. Academy welcomes research-focussed revisions to the Health Bill
   14 June 2011
7. New President elected
   10 June 2011
8. New Fellows elected 2011
   10 May 2011
9. Treatments to avoid transmission of mitochondrial disease
   19 April 2011
10. 2011 Budget announcement
    23 March 2011
11. A new pathway for the regulation and governance of health research
    10 January 2011

2010

12. Health co-benefits of policies to tackle climate change
    25 November 2010
13. Statement on the Comprehensive Spending Review
    20 October 2010
14. Statement on the health of women and children
    21 September 2010
15. Public dialogue shows support for the use of animals containing human material
    15 September 2010
16. Cuts to public spending on research will jeopardise funding for medical research
    8 September 2010
17. Academy response to the appointment of the new MRC Chief Executive
    30 July 2010
18. Academy to conduct review of UK medical research regulation and governance
    25 July 2010
19. Press briefing - review of UK research regulation and governance
    20 May 2010
20. New Fellows Elected to the Academy 2010
    4 May 2010
21. Academy seeking public views on research using animals containing human material
    27 March 2010
22. Damaging gulf growing between teaching and research in UK universities
    26 March 2010
23. Political leaders must put medical science at the heart of the next Government
    11 January 2010

2009

24. Academy statement on climate change
    25 November 2009
25. Academy launches study on the use of animals containing human material
    10 November 2009
26. Statement in response to the sacking of Professor David Nutt
    3 November 2009
27. Costs of aging population could dwarf economic downturn
    28 September 2009
28. Research links between the UK and the Middle East strengthened
    10 September 2009
29. Action needed to realise the potential of new genetic studies
    7 July 2009
30. Genomic medicine statement
    6 July 2009
31. Academy makes recommendations to build clinical academic capacity
    19 May 2009
32. Better use of diagnostic tests needed to address global burden of disease
    5 May 2009
33. New Fellows Elected to the Academy 2009
    30 April 2009
34. Swine flu statement
    28 April 2009
35. 2009 Budget statement
    22 April 2009

2008

36. Economic benefits of medical research
    26 November 2008
37. Honorary Fellows elected
    26 November 2008
38. £5m start up funds announced for Clinical Lecturers
    1 October 2008
39. New Headquarters for Academy of Medical Sciences
    6 August 2008
40. Academy statement on the Data Sharing Review
    11 July 2008
41. Brain science, addiction and drugs
    22 May 2008
42. New Fellows Elected to Academy
    30 April 2008
43. 2008 Budget statement
    12 March 2008
44. Secretary of State for Health’s response to Aspiring to Excellence
    4 March 2008
45. Academy statement on 41 Portland Place
    24 January 2008
46. Academy response to The Tooke Report
    8 January 2008

2007

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

2006

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

2005

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

2004

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