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Mr. Freeson
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what research is being financed by his Department into the rare disease called dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
Mrs. Currie
The main Government agency for the promotion of medical and related biological research in the United Kingdom is the Medical Research Council (MRC) which receives its grant-in-aid from the Department of Education and Science.This Department and the MRC are not at present funding research into dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.