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  • Hertfordshire Cohort Study member treks to Everest Base Camp

    Hertfordshire Cohort Study member treks to Everest Base Camp

    In late 2012, HCS member Gordon Papworth and long-time friend Ray Elliot embarked on the experience of a lifetime. Their story can be read below. Gordon, Ray and The Big Pointe Rock (Everest) In early 2012 Gordon Papworth and Ray Elliot visited “The Scott Foundation” in Cambridge. After an inspiring morning, a long lunch and probably…

  • Celebrating 100 years of Medical Research in the UK

    Celebrating 100 years of Medical Research in the UK

    In 2013 we celebrated a hundred years of life-changing discoveries as the Medical Research Council turned 100. This gave us an opportunity to reflect on the achievements of the Council, both nationally and more locally in our own Unit’s research, as well as to look back to where it all began… The Medical Research Council was…