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Nature 449, 121 (13 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/449121a; Published online 12 September 2007; Corrected 13 September 2007

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Borysiewicz to head UK medical council

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Vaccinologist from Imperial College set to succeed Colin Blakemore.

The next head of the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) has been chosen, potentially bringing to a close a period of significant unrest within the organization. Nature has learned that the government's biomedical research organization will appoint Leszek Borysiewicz as successor to its current chief executive Colin Blakemore when he steps down at the end of this month.