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Have you ever remembered something a certain way, only to find that it never happened? A false memory is a distorted or entirely invented recollection of an experience… and…

Find out what the policy applies to, and what we expect from the researchers and organisations we fund.

The Wellcome Trust is offering members of the public the opportunity to have their face featured in 'Criminel', a noir detective mystery game due for release via the App…

The Wellcome Trust and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) have partnered to deliver a £30m fund to breathe new life into science centres across the UK.

Science has found the tools to combat many of the most destructive infectious diseases of the last century. But more work is needed. Effective…

A handful of alternatives to antibiotics – such as treatments and preventative measures based on live microorganisms or 'probiotics' – have the potential to combat…

Detailed pictures published today reveal how a new type of experimental antibiotic can kill bacteria that are resistant to existing treatments. The findings could ultimately…

Get advice on what you need to consider when you apply for funding, as well as during your grant, and when you commercialise Wellcome-funded Intellectual Property.

An inexpensive new test for the detection of Hepatitis B virus has been given regulatory approval for use in the European Union. The test delivers accurate results while you…

How researchers should manage and share data, software and materials that arise from Wellcome-funded research and outputs management plans.

A tender photograph, providing personal insight into living with autism, has been selected as the overall winner for the Wellcome Photography Prize 2019.

Video games, pioneering gene therapies and new medical devices are set to transform treatments on the NHS, with support from the Department of Health and the Wellcome Trust.

Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) was a pharmaceutical entrepreneur. He left us three things in his will: his wealth, his collection of historical medical items, and a mission to…

Over the last 100 years, tuberculosis research has saved millions of lives but it has failed to curb the epidemic. While some recent scientific developments are promising,…

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

Leading science and engineering organisations today announce their ambition to help transform ideas and discoveries generated by researchers into practical solutions and…

Award-winning screenwriter, playwright, actress and poet Michaela Coel (Chewing Gum) receives the 2017 Wellcome Screenwriting Fellowship, in partnership with BFI and Film4.…

Thousands of lives around the world could be saved every year if we can develop new antibiotics to treat drug-resistant infections. The problem we need to fix is how to make…

A thoughtful and moving book that takes the reader on a journey into dementia has won the first Wellcome Trust Book Prize.

New biomedical techniques, like next-generation genome sequencing, are creating vast amounts of data and transforming the scientific landscape. Researchers are racing to keep…