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Cheryl Moore, Director of Research Programmes, shares how Wellcome plans to spend £16 billion over the next ten years to advance scientific discovery and take on the world’s…

Across the world, there are unacceptable disparities in access to Covid-19 vaccines, leaving many vulnerable people unprotected. This paper considers this challenge and sets…

Statement from Alan Dangour, Director of Climate and Health, on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.

Charlie Weller, Head of Prevention at Wellcome, responds to the publication of the World Health Organization's Global tuberculosis report 2022.

A new treatment for schizophrenia – backed by Wellcome-funded research – has been approved by the FDA and has the potential to change the lives of millions of people living…

Professor Fiona Powrie has been selected as the next Deputy Chair of Wellcome’s Board of Governors.

Discovering and then bringing new antibiotics to market is a tricky challenge – but one we need to solve if we want to be better protected against the growing threat of drug-…

A new Head of the Wellcome Library - which is part of Wellcome Collection in central London - has been appointed. Dr Simon Chaplin started his new position at the beginning…

Created by poet Koleka Putuma and illustrator Ivvy Chen, this animation beautifully captures young people’s approach to dealing with the challenges of Covid-19 lockdowns.

As we publish our annual report, Julia Gillard, Chair of Wellcome, shares her outlook on the critical role for science in solving urgent health challenges facing everyone.

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…

The Human Genome Project (HGP) was one of the most significant scientific endeavours in history, fundamentally transforming our understanding of human biology. Learn about…

Following on from the sell out success of last year’s event, Wellcome Collection is delighted to be returning with Quacks and Cures - an unusual, quirky and entertaining…

Gabriel Leung, University of Hong Kong, and Arup K. Chakraborty, Massachusetts Institute for Technology, will join Wellcome's Board of Governors in May 2021.

The Science for Africa Foundation will receive more than £6.5mn in core funding over five years from Wellcome, which will help strengthen Africa's research ecosystem.

Sir Stephen Lovegrove and Diana Noble will join Wellcome’s Board of Governors this month. 

A new IVF-based technique is likely to lead to normal pregnancies and reduce the risk that babies born will have mitochondrial disease.

Once regarded as an inert scaffold or ‘glue’ the extracellular matrix - the molecules that surround and support animal cells - has been shown to have crucial roles in the…

A new vaccine to combat tuberculosis is less effective at stimulating an immune response when administered to Gambian infants in combination with the routine immunisation…

The Wellcome Trust today announces further details of its Investigator Awards, a major new scheme to support world-class researchers to tackle ambitious research questions…