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A new guide for media relations practitioners working in African institutions aims to encourage better and more responsible practice when communicating science- and health-…

Protecting UK from rising heat is matter of life and death: Wellcome response to Environmental Audit Committee report on heat resilience and natural cooling

Hilary Leevers, Head of Education and Learning at Wellcome, comments on the provision for professional development for teachers in the government’s 2017 budget announcement.

The winners of the ENTHUSE Celebration Awards 2014 were announced in a ceremony at the Houses of Parliament. The Awards celebrate exceptional education professionals who have…

Genetic variants in a region of the genome linked to our immune response have been linked to an increased risk of podoconiosis, a disfiguring and disabling leg swelling…

The Wellcome Trust is working with the Government Office of Life Sciences to take forward a review that aims to help new medicines and technologies be more quickly and…

In the first ever exhibition in an art gallery to investigate bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its impact, Turner Prize nominee Roger Hiorns curates a section of '…

Emerging science and technologies, such as human genome editing and gene drive, could provide new solutions to health problems.

New research shows that continuing professional development (CPD) can play a significant role in retaining science teachers and improving science education.

Thomas Wright has been announced as the winner of the £25 000 Wellcome Trust Book Prize for ‘Circulation’, his biography of William Harvey.

Professor Sir John Gurdon, after whom the Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute at the University of Cambridge was named, has been awarded the Nobel Prize…

A virtual reality plant breeding game won $150,000 yesterday evening when judges led by Susan Calman chose Seed by All Seeing Eye to win Developing Beyond, a $500,000 year-…

A group of UK primary school children have achieved a world first by having their school science project published in an internationally recognised peer-reviewed journal. The…

Sir Mark Walport, who has been director of the Wellcome Trust since 2003, has today been appointed to succeed Sir John Beddington as the UK Government Chief Scientific…

The Wellcome Trust today announces the first recipients of its Investigator Awards, £56 million worth of funding for exceptional researchers addressing the most important…

Research funded by the Wellcome Trust has highlighted the scale of the problem of hospital-acquired infections in sub-Saharan Africa. The study, published today in the ‘…

A group of leading UK research organisations has issued an initial joint statement in support of the continued use of CRISPR-Cas9 and other genome-editing techniques in…

Playwright Mick Gordon and Director Christopher Haydon are delighted to announce the cast for ‘Pressure Drop’, the first major theatrical production at Wellcome Collection.

Despite being the mental health condition that affects the most people worldwide, there still isn't enough research on anxiety-related problems. Wellcome’s Inês Pote,…