Action Medical Research
 United Kingdom  |  Research/Dev

To fund the very best medical research in hospitals and universities across the UK that is most likely to deliver real benefit to babies, children and young people.

We are Action Medical Research, for children, for life - the leading UK-wide medical research charity dedicated to helping babies and children. We know that medical research can save and change children’s lives. We find and fund the very best medical research in hospitals and universities across the UK that is most likely to deliver real benefit to babies, children and young people. Since its founding in 1952, the charity has developed an extraordinary track record in supporting some of the most significant medical breakthroughs in recent history – breakthroughs that have helped save thousands of children’s lives and changed many more. We have helped more babies be born healthy by introducing ultrasound scanning in pregnancy, discovering the importance of taking folic acid before and during pregnancy to prevent spina bifida. We have also funded research for developing an infra-red scanner to help minimise the risk of brain damage in babies and developed a new state-of-the-art fetal heart rate monitor to make pregnancy safer for babies at risk. Although the research we have funded has helped save and change so many children’s lives, there is still so much more to learn about what triggers diseases, how to prevent them and how to develop effective new treatments and find the best ways to care for sick babies and children.

Research

Treating sick & vulnerable babies

Helping disabled children

Targeting rare diseases in children

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