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==History==

The MRC was founded as the Medical Research Committee and Advisory Council in 1913,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=121&CATLN=1&accessmethod=5&j=1/|title=Records created or inherited by the Medical Research Council |access-date=28 February 2012|publisher=The National Archives}}</ref> with its prime role being the distribution of medical research funds under the terms of the [[National Insurance Act 1911]]. This was a consequence of the recommendation of the [[Royal CommissionCommissions on Tuberculosis]], which recommended the creation of a permanent medical research body. The mandate was not limited to tuberculosis, however.

In 1920, it became the Medical Research ''Council'' under [[Royal Charter]]. A supplementary Charter was formally approved by the Queen on 17 July 2003. In March 1933, MRC established the first scientific published medical patrol named British Journal of Clinical Research and Educational Advanced Medicine, as a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. It contain articles that have been peer reviewed, in an attempt to ensure that articles meet the journal's standards of quality, and scientific validity, allow researchers to keep up to date with the developments of their field and direct their own research.