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Ben has always had a strong sense of what he wants to do. But as a clinician, he had to find ways to balance research with medical training and clinical practice.

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…

New results from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal), published in The Lancet, provide a picture of sexually transmitted infection (STI)…

Four internationally renowned writers - including London’s first Young Poet Laureate, the current Forward Prize holder, and the former inaugural Poet in Residence at the…

The brains of males and females, and how they use them, may be far more different then previously thought, at least in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, according to…

One in ten women (9.8%) and roughly one in seventy men (1.4%), when asked “Has anyone actually made you have sex with them, against your will?”, said yes, according to new…

Wellcome Collection is launching 'Sex by Numbers' - an interactive infographic that playfully maps the nation’s sex lives, from who with to how often - to mark the start of…

A new study, published in The Lancet as part of the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal), systematically assesses the association between…

New results published in The Lancet as part of the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal) reveal how sexual behaviour and attitudes in Britain have…

Dr Alison Cave has joined the Wellcome Trust as Head of Cellular, Developmental and Physiological Sciences in its Science Funding Division. She joins the Trust from the…

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…

Wellcome’s outgoing Director reflects on a decade of progress and looks ahead at the opportunities to improve health globally.

If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, then it shouldn’t be surprising that their neural circuits differ. In research published today in the journal ‘Current Biology…

Wellcome Collection is exploring the most publicly discussed of private acts with ‘The Institute of Sexology’, the first UK exhibition to bring together the pioneers of the…

Young people from around the UK have begun work on a Sexology Songwriting project that will see them exploring the study of sex through music and lyrics.

In spite of what we know about the impacts of climate change on health, policymakers and decision-makers are still not taking action quickly and decisively enough. Here's why…

Wellcome Collection will explore the most publicly discussed of private acts with ‘The Institute of Sexology’ (20 November 2014 to 20 September 2015), the first UK exhibition…

Around half (51%) of women and four out of ten (42%) men report having had a recent sexual problem, but only one in ten say they are worried or distressed about their sex…

Project summaries of Wellcome grants awarded under the scheme ‘International Engagement Awards’. International Engagement Awards have been replaced by the Public…