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The heads of the three main funding bodies for bioscience research in the UK have today written an open letter to the vice-chancellors and principals of universities and…
Improving handling techniques for laboratory mice helps reduce stress and anxiety, according to a study published today in the journal ‘Nature Methods’. The techniques…
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…
Over 800,000 pages of archival material from psychiatric hospitals in the UK from the 18th to the 20th centuries will be digitised and made freely available online as part of…
The Wellcome Photography Prize announces its 2021 winners, chosen from photographs exploring the human side of three urgent health challenges: mental health, infectious…
The Wari people have found themselves alone in the face of an environmental disaster. Droughts and extreme cold have destroyed their agriculture and access to clean water.…
Covid-19 alerted the world to the devastating potential of pandemics in the 21st century. Photojournalist Hugh Kinsella Cunningham and writer and public health professional,…
“If all systems fail you, and you have no supportive community to help you, where do you turn to?” Sebastian Mar photographed Russian women along with the mental health…