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Table 1 Research expenditure of research funds by area of research activity

From: The institutional review board is an impediment to human research: the result is more animal-based research

Research Activity

Percentage of research funding

 

MRC

Wellcome

BHF

CRUK

Underpinning*†

41.2

49.2

27.5

24.3

Aetiology†

38.5

40.5

48.8

35.2

Prevention

2.9

1.9

1.8

2.1

Detection and diagnosis

4.5

1.7

6.0

6.1

Treatment development†

5.6

4.3

9.3

17.3

Disease management

4.5

1.7

5.2

11.7

Health services

1.6

0.5

0.6

0.4

  1. MRC = Medical Research Council, BHF = British Heart Foundation, CRUK = Cancer Research UK. *Research aimed at understanding normal biological development and functioning. †Mostly laboratory-based.