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Researchers at King's College London have been awarded £10 million from the Wellcome Trust and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to develop…

A pregnant mother’s diet may be able to interact with the genes her unborn child inherits and influence the type or severity of birth defect according to research funded by…

Eczema caused by defects in the skin could reduce the risk of developing skin cancer, according to new research by King’s College London. The immune response triggered by…

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…

The muscle weakness and coordination problems sometimes seen in cases of neonatal diabetes - a rare, inherited form of diabetes - are caused by problems in the brain rather…

Surgeons will be able to use better tools, imaging techniques and therapies in future operations on unborn babies due to a £10 million award from the Wellcome Trust and the…

A widely prescribed type 2 diabetes drug slows down the ageing process by mimicking the effects of dieting, according to a study published this week using worms to…

The Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has today launched a public consultation to gather people’s views about the social and ethical impact of new techniques to…

Leading medical research charities have signed a joint open letter to the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt Hon Andrew Lansley MP, urging him to introduce regulations to…

The discovery of a gene that causes a form of hereditary spastic paraplegia may provide scientists with an important insight into what causes axons, the stems of our nerve…

Each year we award Wellcome-Beit Prizes to our most promising fellows who are starting to lead their own independent research programmes. We provide £25,000 to each fellow,…

Research that could pave the way for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment to prevent the hereditary transmission of devastating mitochondrial diseases will take place at…

Wellcome-funded researchers have identified the molecular mechanism that leads to the death of neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or motor neurone…

Health and scientific research will be severely threatened if proposed amendments to the Data Protection Regulation are taken forward by the European Parliament, warns a pan-…

Researchers in South-east Asia have identified two genetic variants associated with increased susceptibility to severe dengue. The study - funded by the Wellcome Trust and…

The longlist for the £25 000 Wellcome Trust Book Prize was announced yesterday, bringing together a varied range of fiction and non-fiction on the theme of health, illness…

A large international study has identified several genetic variants that increase susceptibility to asthma in the population. Scientists hope the findings will help to focus…

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…