Medical Research Council

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]