SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY GENE INVOLVED IN 70 PER CENT OF MELANOMAS
Researchers have identified a major genetic change that leads to malignant melanoma, a potentially lethal form of skin cancer that kills more than 1,600 people per year in…
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Epic Games and Wellcome launch Developing Beyond a $500,000 games development challenge
Epic Games and Wellcome are inviting games developers based in Europe to participate in a new $500,000 year-long development competition Developing Beyond.
New genetic discovery could improve diagnosis of childhood TB
A distinctive genetic 'signature' found in the blood of children with tuberculosis (TB) offers new hope for improved diagnosis of the disease.
The Finished Human Genome
Wellcome to the genomic age
The International Human Genome Consortium today announces the successful completion of the Human Genome Project more than two years ahead of…
Semi-finalists announced for $500,000 Games Development Challenge: Developing Beyond
Human evolution, the Black Death and life on Mars are some of the themes chosen by the semi-finalists selected for Developing Beyond, a $500,000 year-long development…
Seed wins $500,000 Developing Beyond Video games final
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-…
Health of the population and planet receives a £75 million boost
The Wellcome Trust announces Our Planet, Our Health: a new initiative to investigate the connections between environment and health.
$500,000 video games challenge Developing Beyond reveals finalists
Games exploring life on Mars, plant breeding and the legacy of the Black Death have made it to the final of Developing Beyond, a $500,000 year-long development competition…
115 years of malaria in Africa: despite unprecedented decline since 2000, progress has stalled
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…
Lung cancer and melanoma cancer genomes revealed
Research teams led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have revealed the first comprehensive analyses of cancer genomes. The results are published today in the journal ‘…
Seven vital questions about RNA Covid-19 vaccines
Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines, unlike the vaccines we already use for other diseases, have been developed using ribonucleic acid (RNA) technology. So…
Safety first: how Covid-19 vaccines are tested
How are Covid-19 vaccines tested to ensure they are safe and effective, and how do the clinical trials they are put through work?
Wellcome Trust launches nationwide Sexology Songwriting project
Young people from around the UK have begun work on a Sexology Songwriting project that will see them exploring the study of sex through music and lyrics.
Ellen Reid in New York: SOUNDWALK
Created by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid, SOUNDWALK is a GPS-enabled work of public art that uses music to illuminate walks around New York's Central Park,…
Sounds of Sexology with special guest Dan Gillespie Sells
The Wellcome Trust and the Roundhouse present Sounds of Sexology, the final showcase of a nationwide Sexology Songwriting project, on Tuesday 17 February 2015.
People with HIV hold clues to Salmonella vaccine development
A study published today in the journal ‘Science’ offers a long-awaited explanation for the link between HIV infection and susceptibility to life-threatening nontyphoidal…
Inspiring Science Fund (Closed)
Supporting science centres across the UK. It's a capital fund that helps centres rethink what they do and what they offer to the public.
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Francis Crick's controversial archive on first public display
Material from the controversial archive of Francis Crick goes on display for the first time as part of a new exhibition celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the discovery of…
Study reveals genetic link to infectious disease susceptibility
Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at the University of Oxford and Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and National…
Grants awarded: Pathfinder Awards
Project summaries of Wellcome grants awarded under the scheme ‘Pathfinder Awards’.