Feature: Great expectations: human genome research
Chrissie Giles spoke to people who worked on the human genome project, and those who use the sequence and subsequent research in their work today.
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Horizon Europe: why the UK re-joining is great for science and health
With a new deal struck between the UK and EU on Horizon Europe, we look at why the scheme matters for health research and what needs to happen next.
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Beth Thompson
Crowdsourcing neuroscience: new games added to The Great Brain Experiment
Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL have found that by using a mobile app, it is possible to gather, on a large scale, the type of information…
The Great Brain Experiment: a new app to crowdsource data about how we think and act
A new mobile app developed by scientists at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL aims to carry out, on an unprecedented scale, science experiments that could…
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Sir David Weatherall, 1933-2018
A doctor and scientist of great compassion and intellect, Sir David Weatherall died on 8 December 2018. He was a member of Wellcome’s Board throughout the 1990s, helping to…
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Diversity and inclusion: helping more ideas thrive
Science and health research should be open to anyone with a great idea.
Landmark moment in the fight against Ebola: what have we learnt?
The licensing of the first Ebola vaccine is a great achievement for the global healthcare community. What made it possible, and what lessons can we use to prevent and control…
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Charlie Weller
We need to invest in researchers in the long-term
Research culture could greatly improve if we addressed short-termism and job insecurity, says Professor Katrina Lythgoe.
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Katrina Lythgoe
Experimental drug candidate shows promise as next generation treatment for drug-resistant malaria
An international collaboration of researchers today describe a potent new drug candidate that can clear malaria infection in mice with a single oral dose. The new compound…
Sir Roger Gibbs, 1934-2018
Sir Roger was Chairman of Wellcome from 1989 to 1999 and laid the foundations for what Wellcome has become today
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
A year of Covid-19 – and a year of extraordinary science
The best of humanity has shone through the gloom of 2020. The dedication of scientists across the globe has been remarkable, not just for producing a string of lifesaving…
Mobile games can be reliable tools for conducting psychology experiments, UK researchers find
Initial findings from one of the largest cognitive science experiments ever conducted have shown that mobile games can be used to reliably address psychology questions,…
Creating the conditions for discoveries to improve health: our vision for Discovery Research
Michael Dunn, Director of Discovery Research, shares his ambitions for transformative research that supports careers in environments where discoveries improve health.
Sir John Gurdon, Wellcome Trust researcher and former governor, awarded Nobel Prize
Professor Sir John Gurdon, after whom the Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute at the University of Cambridge was named, has been awarded the Nobel Prize…
London museum collaboration: 'First Time Out'
What happens when you take an artefact from one collection and ask experts from another to write its story? ‘First Time Out’, a new collaboration opening on 20 January 2011…
We hail individual geniuses, but success in science comes through collaboration
The Nobel prizes give a human face to science. But does celebrating individuals risk undermining a collaborative research culture?
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- Jeremy Farrar