The UK Medical Research Council refused to fund their work, believing it could lead to babies with severe abnormalities, and disapproving of the pair's high profile in the media ( M. H. Johnson

英国医学研究委员会拒绝资助他们的工作，认为他们的工作可能会导致严重畸形的婴儿，并且在媒体上指责他们做事过于高调（M. H. Johnson et al. Hum.

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UK researchers from the Medical research Council Reproductive Biology Unit in have previously carried out surveys showing that men would be willing to take a contraceptive pill if one was available.

英国医疗研究委员会生育生物学小组之前的调查显示，如果有避孕药，男性愿意服用。

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The study was supported by the Medical Research Council in the United Kingdom and Cancer Research UK.

这项研究获得了英国医学研究委员会和英国癌症研究所的支持。

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Professor Richard Sharpe, of the UK Medical Research Council's Human Reproductive Science Unit in Edinburgh, said more work was needed to confirm the results.

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In 1996, when such drugs were starting to become widespread, the UK Medical Research Council estimated a 20-year-old with HIV, who was receiving treatment, could expect to live to an average age of 50.

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The members of the E-Health Research Initiative who are jointly funding the four centres include Arthritis Research UK, the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust.

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