Action Medical Research
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Action Medical Research, previously The National Fund for Research into Crippling Diseases, is a British medical research charity, founded in 1952, that focusses on funding research to prevent and treat disease and disability in babies and children.[1][2]
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Founded | 1952 |
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Founder | Duncan Guthrie |
Registration no. | 208701 |
Focus | Medical Research into Children’s Diseases |
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Key people | Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank. |
Website | www |
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Action Medical Research is a registered charity No. 208701.[1] It is the leading UK-wide charity dedicated to saving and changing children’s lives through medical research.
They want to make a difference:
- tackling premature birth and treating sick and vulnerable babies
- helping children affected by disability, disabling conditions and infections
- targeting children’s rare diseases.
They do this by:
- finding and funding cutting-edge medical research across the UK most likely to deliver real benefit to babies, children and young people
- assessing the impact of the research we fund and sharing the results
- raising funds to make this vital research possible.