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This Wellcome Collection exhibition brings together over 100 objects from literature, film, taxidermy and photography to examine what we think, feel and value about other…

The extent to which our development is affected by nature or nurture - our genetic make-up or our environment - may differ depending on where we live, according to research…

When researchers can ask for overheads and what costs are included.

The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, the largest ever study of the genetics behind common diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and coronary heart disease,…

The rest of the world can learn from Puerto Rican communities rallying together to recover from a natural disaster fuelled by climate change.

Understanding why suicide rates in Puerto Rico have risen by a third since Hurricane Maria could help us prepare for future natural disasters.

The global burden of dengue infection is more than triple current estimates from the World Health Organization, according to a multinational study published online in the…

Wellcome Collection opens wide on Friday 30 September for ‘Get Mouthy!’ - an evening dedicated to nature’s most important orifice.

Scientists have discovered a molecular invisibility cloak that enables HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, to hide inside cells of the body without triggering the body's natural…

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 ‘…

A naturally occurring predatory bacterium is able to work with the immune system to clear multi-drug resistant Shigella infections in zebrafish, according to a study…

The rapid evolution of HIV, which has allowed the virus to develop resistance to patients’ natural immunity, is at the same time slowing the virus’s ability to cause AIDS,…

Improving handling techniques for laboratory mice helps reduce stress and anxiety, according to a study published today in the journal ‘Nature Methods’. The techniques…

A study published today in the journal ‘Nature’ casts doubt on the widely held notion that warming global temperatures will lead to a future intensification of malaria and an…

A gene previously linked to too much growth in patients has now also been linked to growth restriction. Different forms of the gene can lead to very different conditions,…

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…

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh today report a new experimental compound that can improve memory and cognitive function in ageing mice. The compound is being…

On a global scale, the sickle-cell gene is most commonly found in areas with historically high levels of malaria, adding geographical support to the hypothesis that, while…

Wellcome Collection's foyer and café will be home to small miracles of nature with a newly commissioned intervention of artworks, sculptures and plant propagation by artist…

Scientists have created mini biological models of human primary liver cancers, known as organoids, in the lab for the first time. In a paper published today in Nature…