UN Declaration must be turning point for tackling drug-resistant infections
World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly have today committed to tackling the rise in drug resistant infections.
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How brain compensates for hearing loss points to new glue ear therapies
Insights into how the brain compensates for temporary hearing loss during infancy, such as that commonly experienced by children with glue ear, have been revealed in a…
Largest genetic study of asthma points towards better treatments
A large international study has identified several genetic variants that increase susceptibility to asthma in the population. Scientists hope the findings will help to focus…
How we can make better use of antibiotics – a research roadmap
Antibiotics have been saving millions of lives for decades, but we’ve now reached a point where we need to save antibiotics. A global research strategy funded by Wellcome…
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Gemma Buckland-Merrett
Vitamin D found to influence over 200 genes, highlighting links to disease
The extent to which vitamin D deficiency may increase susceptibility to a wide range of diseases is dramatically highlighted in research published today. Scientists have…
Wellcome's response to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA): Modernising the regulation of fertility treatment and research involving human embryos
This is our response to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's (HFEA) consultation on modernising the HFE Act 1990.
Scaling up connectomics
This report brings together the literature, evidence and opinions from key thought leaders to help create a plan for delivering an electron microscopic-resolution connectome…
Publishing in hybrid, open access journals
Wellcome's response to some journals discouraging researchers from making Author Accepted Manuscripts open access.
‘Fun with Cancer Patients’ unpicks myths around illness
‘Fun with Cancer Patients’ is a unique project from artist Brian Lobel, alongside Fierce Festival and Birmingham’s Teenage Cancer Trust. Supported by a Wellcome Trust Arts…
Ordinary people tell the story of the NHS
A new study has been published looking at the experiences of ordinary people and their opinions of their care over the first 60 years of the National Health Service.
Brain scans show children with ADHD have faulty off-switch for mind-wandering
Brain scans of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have shown for the first time why people affected by the condition sometimes have such difficulty…
Behavioural incentives mimic effects of medication on brain systems in ADHD
Medication and behavioural interventions help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) better maintain attention and self-control by normalising activity…
Media statement in response to the UK rejoining Horizon Europe
Wellcome responds to the announcement from the UK Government will rejoin Horizon Europe, the EU's scientific research scheme and world’s largest research collaboration…
How our focus can silence the noisy world around us
How can someone with perfectly normal hearing become deaf to the world around them when their mind is on something else? New research funded by the Wellcome Trust suggests…
1999 Biomedical Image Awards
The winning images from the 1999 Biomedical Image Awards.
How we're using Researchfish data to inform what we do
Last year, we asked grantholders to report on their research outputs using Researchfish. One year on, what have we learnt from the data and how are we planning to use it?
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Chonnettia Jones
Summary of key findings
Wellcome Global Monitor 2020 Summary of key findings
The impossible staircase in our heads: how we visualise the world around us
Our interpretation of the world around us may have more in common with the impossible staircase illusion than it does the real world, according to research published today in…
Alice Bell
Head of Policy, Climate and Health
Alice Bell leads Wellcome's policy activities across its Climate and Health challenge area and extensively with external partners across climate and health.
Wellcome responds to the 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change
Wellcome responds to the 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Facing record-breaking threats from delayed action with a call to action at COP29.