§ Mr. ConwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department funds into the foetal disease cytomegalovirus.
Mr. JacksonI have been asked to reply.
The Medical Research Council, which receives its grant-in-aid from this Department, is the main agency through which the Government support medical research. I understand that the council is supporting the following projects concerning cytomegalovirus:
Dr. J. D. Gram, Molecular Genetic Laboratory, Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton.
Project Title:
- Expression of a human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein genes in cultures of eschcrichia coli.
Dr. G. H. Farrar, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton.
Project Title:
- Isolation and characterisation of human cytomegalovirus glycoproteins.
Professor C. A. Mims, Department of Microbiology, United Medical School Guy's and St. Thomas's London.
Project Title:
- Studies of the interaction of m urine cytomegalovirus with the immune system.
Dr. P. D. Griffiths, Department of Microbiology, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London.
Project Title:
- Studies on the protein composition of cytomegalovirus found in the body fluids.
Professor Catherine Peckham, Department of Paediatric Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health, London.
Project Title:
- Long-term follow-up of children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection.
Dr. Minson, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge.
Project Title:
- The indentification and characterisation of the glycoproteins in human cytomegalovirus.
Dr. V. C. Emery, Department of Virology, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London.
Project Title:
Quantification of cytomegalovirus in clinical samples. Additionally, research on cytomegalovirus may be being pursued by university departments and medical schools with support from UFC block grants and by health authorities; but information on this is not collected centrally.