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The Academy and Cancer Research UK are working together to address the challenges facing emerging early detection and diagnosis approaches and technologies. Today we have published the summary report from a FORUM workshop that established prioritie...
Read moreCouncil election 2018 - call for nominations
Nominations sought for Fellows to serve on the Academy's Council
This year, four members of Council will complete their terms of office at the Annual Fellows' Meeting on 27 November:
Professor Sir Rory Collins FRS FMedSci
Professor Annette Dolphi...
Accelerating vaccine development to combat infectious disease
The Academy, HIC-Vac network, MRC and Wellcome today published a meeting report on Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM) studi...
Read moreTwo Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences have been elected to the British Academy in 2018. Professor Sir David Cannadine, President of the British Academy said: “I am delighted to welcom
Read moreThe development of genome editing technologies - such as CRISPR-Cas9 - has led to widespread discussion about their potential to modify a human embryo, sperm or egg cell in order to prevent disease or
Read moreAcademy President responds to Science and Technology Committee report on immigration
The Science and Technology Committee yesterday published their report on an immigration system that works for science and innovation. The Academy President, Professor Sir Robert Lechler PMedS...
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