Ten years on, Wellcome Trust launches study of 10,000 human genomes in UK
On the tenth anniversary of the completion of the first draft of the human genome - a draft that took ten years to complete - the Wellcome Trust has launched a project to…
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Celebrating a 'decade of discovery' since the Human Genome Project
Leading scientists from the public efforts to map the human genome today celebrate a decade of discovery since the announcement of the first draft. And in a dramatic sign of…
Bedlam: the asylum and beyond
Bedlam has long been a byword for chaos. Now a major exhibition at Wellcome Collection opens the doors to the historic asylum from which it derives. Through the lens of the…
Wellcome Collection opens ‘Death’ exhibition
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 Photography Prize 2021
The Wellcome Photography Prize announces its 2021 winners, chosen from photographs exploring the human side of three urgent health challenges: mental health, infectious…
Electricity: The spark of life
From the structure of the atom to the function of our brains, an electric charge is hidden within every organism on earth. Electricity: The spark of life traces the story of…
National data service will simplify access to health data for research
Wellcome is partnering with the UK Government to establish a new health data research service. It will simplify secure access to health data and speed up research to better…
Death: The Richard Harris Collection
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…
Genetic variants linked to increased risk of common gynaecological disease
Research published today identifies two genetic variants that increase the risk of developing endometriosis, a common gynaecological disease. The study provides clues to the…
How collaboration can help tackle drug-resistant infections
Tackling drug-resistant infections requires more research, surveillance and better data. Dr Mo Yin explains how the ADVANCE-ID network is taking on this challenge in Asia –…
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Dr Mo Yin
Why we still haven’t stopped cholera
Why have attempts to get it under control failed? Rose George reports on an outbreak that went on far longer than anyone expected.
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Rose George
The Russian Doctor: Introducing a new performance piece inspired by Chekhov's experiences in medicine
“Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.” - Anton Chekhov*
How directed funding is tackling barriers to progress in research
Christiane Hertz-Fowler, our Head of Directed Activity, outlines what we mean by directed funding, the types of initiatives it supports and how it can drive major advances in…
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Christiane Hertz-Fowler
How do childhood experiences affect health in later life?
A new longitudinal birth cohort study could revolutionise our understanding of how early childhood experiences impact health in later life. Saz Ahmed, Wellcome Research…
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Saz Ahmed
This is TB's moment and it must be seized
Two scientific breakthroughs and a global meeting mean there is an opportunity to move TB from the doldrums.
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Jeremy Farrar
Unprecedented international consortium assembled to accelerate collaborative multi-site trials of candidate Ebola vaccine
A candidate Ebola vaccine could be given to healthy volunteers in the UK, the Gambia and Mali as early as September, as part of a series of safety trials of potential…
Who do you think you really are? The first fine-scale genetic map of the British Isles
Many people in the UK feel a strong sense of regional identity, and it now appears that there may be a scientific basis to this feeling, according to a landmark new study…
First volunteer receives new Ebola vaccine in UK trial
The first healthy UK volunteer received a candidate Ebola vaccine in Oxford today in a safety trial carried out by the University of Oxford.
The Covid-19 Anxiety Project
The Wellcome Photography Prize commissioned five photographers from five different countries to explore the mental health repercussions of isolation due to Covid-19.
Wellcome Photography Prize 2021 shortlist announced
The Wellcome Photography Prize has announced its 2021 shortlist.