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On the tenth anniversary of the completion of the first draft of the human genome - a draft that took ten years to complete - the Wellcome Trust has launched a project to…

Leading scientists from the public efforts to map the human genome today celebrate a decade of discovery since the announcement of the first draft. And in a dramatic sign of…

115 years of malaria data collected in Africa, described today in Nature, gives the most detailed picture yet of where efforts to control malaria infection are being won and…

From the structure of the atom to the function of our brains, an electric charge is hidden within every organism on earth. Electricity: The spark of life traces the story of…

The Wellcome Photography Prize announces its 2021 winners, chosen from photographs exploring the human side of three urgent health challenges: mental health, infectious…

Six months on from the first case of COVID-19, the pandemic is accelerating and spreading into new areas. Jeremy Farrar talks about the lessons we learned and the long-term…

Research published today identifies two genetic variants that increase the risk of developing endometriosis, a common gynaecological disease. The study provides clues to the…

“Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.” - Anton Chekhov*

Christiane Hertz-Fowler, our Head of Directed Activity, outlines what we mean by directed funding, the types of initiatives it supports and how it can drive major advances in…

A candidate Ebola vaccine could be given to healthy volunteers in the UK, the Gambia and Mali as early as September, as part of a series of safety trials of potential…

Two scientific breakthroughs and a global meeting mean there is an opportunity to move TB from the doldrums.

A new longitudinal birth cohort study could revolutionise our understanding of how early childhood experiences impact health in later life. Saz Ahmed, Wellcome Research…

Many people in the UK feel a strong sense of regional identity, and it now appears that there may be a scientific basis to this feeling, according to a landmark new study…

The first healthy UK volunteer received a candidate Ebola vaccine in Oxford today in a safety trial carried out by the University of Oxford.

The Wellcome Photography Prize has announced its 2021 shortlist.

Why have attempts to get it under control failed? Rose George reports on an outbreak that went on far longer than anyone expected.

The advent of the Human Genome Project and the development of faster, cheaper DNA sequencing revolutionised medical and biological research - and the technology still…

A million Rohingya refugees in crowded shelters with poor sanitation – ideal conditions for infections to spread. Here’s how to stop these deadly outbreaks.

The Human Cell Atlas aims to map all the cells in the human body. In what ways can these maps shape the future of our health? Learn more from Dr Sarah Teichmann and Prof…

Climate change is a global health crisis, and that includes mental health. Find out how it’s impacting our mental health and what can be done to prevent and manage it.