National Institute for Medical Research

The National Institute for Medical Research was a medical research institute at Mill Hill on the outskirts of north London, England, funded by the Medical Research Council. It grew from the Medical Research Committee, set up in 1913 under the 1911 National Insurance Act, and took the name National Institute for Medical Research in 1920, moving to Mill Hill in 1950, where King George VI opened the new building. Under Sir Henry Dale its work included the discovery of the human influenza virus in 1933 and of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, and from 1962 Sir Peter Medawar made it a major centre for immunological research. In 2016 it became part of the new Francis Crick Institute near St Pancras station.