Lawrence Moon, MRC Centre for Brain Repair, Cambridge. Zararna Nelson-Moon, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Healthcare Sciences, University College, London. 1.The Medical Research Council launched the essay prize in 1998 to encourage and recognise good communication among young researchers and named it in honour of one of the century's foremost scientists and communicators, Max Perutz. 2. The competition is open to MRC Research Students and MRC Clinical Training Fellows in their second year. The competition was judged by Dr Max Perutz, Dr Philip Campbell, Editor of Nature , and Professor George Radda, MRC Chief Executive.
Sacral agenesis is an inherited condition causing severe developmental abnormality in the spine.
Ataxias are a group of diseases that affect balance and co-ordination.