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MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit

The principal remit of the Human Reproductive Sciences Unit is to advance, through basic and strategic research, new approaches to the regulation of human fertility, and new treatments for infertility and hormone dependent diseases.

The Unit is the UK's leading institution undertaking research in reproductive health with integrated programmes on male and female infertility, contraception and hormone dependent diseases (e.g. prostatic, testicular and cervical cancer, and endometriosis).

The research of the Unit, though funded for its human application, impacts upon agriculture and veterinary medicine, the conservation of endangered species, industrial and domestic toxicology, and global environmental change.

Research facilities

The Unit is located at the University of Edinburgh'’s Medical School at the new Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France. It is part of a new £58 million purpose-built Institute for Medical Cell Biology. The Institute brings together three interdisciplinary groups focusing on reproductive biology, inflammation research and cardiovascular research, and comprises a grouping of some 600 researchers.

Staff and research students

The Unit's staff of about 80 is supplemented by some 13 PhD students, along with clinical fellows and visiting research workers. The Unit has a strong track record in training and supervising PhD students.

Technology transfer

Fundamental discoveries are translated into clinical practice through the Unit's spin–off company, Ardana Bioscience and the Medical Research Council / DfID funded Contraceptive Development Network (CDN).

For further information, please contact:

Professor Robert Millar
Director
MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit
Queen's Medical Research Institute
47 Little France Crescent
Edinburgh EH16 4TJ
Tel: 0131 242 6240 Fax: 0131 242 6231
email: r.millar@hrsu.mrc.ac.uk
website: MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit

Member Organisations

University of Edinburgh Scottish Agricultural College Heriot-Watt University
St Andrews University Napier University Institute of Aquaculture
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Edinburgh National Museums of Scotland Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland Forest Research
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency Scottish Crop Research Institute Scottish Natural Heritage
University Marine Biological Station Millport British Geological Survey Moredun Research Institute
MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit Scotland & Northern Ireland Forum for Environmentasl Research Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland
University of the Highlands & Islands Millennium Institute
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