Wellcome pledges further $100 million to accelerate Covid-19 research
Wellcome is pledging up to US$100m (£70m/€80m) to accelerate Covid-19 research and development to ensure science keeps pace with the virus.
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The world’s first tuberculosis vaccine in 100 years could be in sight
The world needs a new vaccine to fight tuberculosis (TB). A new multimillion-pound global study funded by Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation could provide a…
Dengue is now endemic in over 100 countries – here’s what you need to know
Half the world’s population is at risk of dengue. We look at the factors behind the recent rise in infections, how the disease is prevented and the need for further…
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Simge Eva Dogan
Funding for late-stage development of a tuberculosis vaccine candidate that could be the first in 100 years if proven effective
Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announce funding to advance a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate through a Phase III clinical trial.
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-…
Science can give us the tools to end the pandemic, but it needs funding
Vaccines, tests and treatments, alongside well-equipped health systems, are the solutions to bringing the Covid-19 pandemic under control. But this won’t happen without…
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Jeremy Farrar
'Keeper' by Andrea Gillies wins first ever Wellcome Trust Book Prize
A thoughtful and moving book that takes the reader on a journey into dementia has won the first Wellcome Trust Book Prize.
'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' wins the Wellcome Trust Book Prize
Ten years in the making, ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ - a beautiful but harrowing work of non-fiction by Rebecca Skloot - has won the 2010 Wellcome Trust Book Prize.
Latest 'Big Picture' explores how statistics help us understand the world
What does it mean to say eating red meat may increase your risk of cancer by 11 per cent? When is a ‘positive’ result in a medical test probably not a positive? And are there…
I'm a Scientist, Get Me out of Here!
Science’s answer to the X Factor - ‘I’m a Scientist, Get Me out of Here’ - kicks off today, bigger and better than ever before, with 100 scientists and up to 8,000 students…
Tuberculosis is curable and preventable – why do millions still die?
Over the last 100 years, tuberculosis research has saved millions of lives but it has failed to curb the epidemic. While some recent scientific developments are promising,…
Winner of the first Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize announced
Al Smith has won the first ever Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize for ‘Halflife’, a coming-of-age love story centred on two brain-damaged teenagers on a road trip. The £20…
‘Superhuman’ coming to Wellcome Collection in July
From Icarus to i-Limbs, Wellcome Collection’s major summer exhibition, ‘Superhuman’, explores the extraordinary ways people have sought to improve, adapt and enhance their…
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…
What we can learn from HIV to help end this pandemic
Covid-19 isn’t the first time the world has had to deal with a global pandemic – and it won’t be the last. But lessons learned from previous disease outbreaks, such as HIV/…
Making Nature: How we see animals
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…
Late-stage trial for tuberculosis vaccine candidate underway in South Africa
The Phase 3 clinical trial to assess the efficacy of the M72/AS01E tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate is now underway, with first doses given in South Africa, where TB takes…
Rachel McKendry
Executive Director, Discovery
Professor Rachel McKendry joined Wellcome as Executive Director of Discovery in March 2025.
Knitting to ease depression
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Jameisha Prescod turned to knitting when she felt overwhelmed by everything. Her self-portrait, Untangling, was one of the winners of the…
Announcing three new members of Wellcome’s Executive Committee
Professor Rachel McKendry has been appointed as Executive Director of Discovery, Professor Charlotte Watts the Executive Director of Solutions, and Maggy Chan as Wellcome’s…