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Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have both pledged $150 million each to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to help end the Covid-…

The foundations call on world leaders to support the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to help end the COVID-19 crisis, prepare for future pandemics, and…

Wellcome Collection’s major winter exhibition, ‘Death’, will showcase some 300 works from a unique collection devoted to the iconography of death and our complex and…

Wellcome Collection’s major winter exhibition ‘Death: A self-portrait’ showcases some 300 works from a unique collection devoted to the iconography of death and our complex…

Wellcome Collection’s spring exhibition, ‘Outsider Art from Japan’, will bring together more than 300 works for the first major display of Japanese Outsider Art in the UK.…

Our Director Jeremy Farrar responds to an open letter from more than 300 Black, Asian and minority ethnic academics, calling for racial justice in UK higher education.

Frequent antenatal screening has allowed doctors to detect and treat malaria in its early stages on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, dramatically reducing the number of…

Wellcome Collection turns 10 in 2017, and today it announces its forthcoming exhibition programme for this special birthday year.

Patients suffering sudden liver failure could in the future benefit from a new treatment that could reduce the need for transplants, research published today shows.

Wellcome Collection opens its doors late on Friday 17 May for ‘The Nose’, a captivating night of talks, performances, interactive events and drop-in sessions, dedicated to…

Wellcome Leap is a not-for-profit organisation set up by Wellcome to accelerate discovery and innovation for the benefit of human health.

World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly have today committed to tackling the rise in drug resistant infections.

Science is the shining light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, efforts to prepare for future epidemics and pandemics must focus on keeping pace with infectious diseases through…

The first two projects to be funded under the Wellcome Trust’s new Pathfinder Awards are announced today, tackling rare and orphan diseases for which there are currently no…

Three of Europe’s biggest philanthropic foundations have joined together to award €5m to tackle some of the most pressing global challenges of our time.

The sequence and analysis of more than 95 per cent of the mouse genome is published for the first time in 'Nature'. In addition to revealing 9000 new mouse genes, the…

Despite being the mental health condition that affects the most people worldwide, there still isn't enough research on anxiety-related problems. Wellcome’s Inês Pote,…

A chromosome account of evolution and revolution The human X chromosome is about sex and how it evolved. It also has a unique position in the history of genetics – and the…

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…