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Rare pregnancy condition programmes babies to become overweight
Babies born to mothers who suffer from a rare metabolic complication during pregnancy are programmed to be overweight, according to a study published today in the ‘Journal of…
Babies' brains tuned to sharing attention with others
Children as young as five months old will follow the gaze of an adult towards an object and engage in joint attention, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust and…
Wellcome responds to first healthy babies born in the UK thanks to mitochondrial donation
Beth Thompson, Executive Director for Policy & Partnerships at Wellcome, responds research published in The New England Journal of Medicine, showing eight healthy babies…
Genes link growth in the womb with adult metabolism and disease
Researchers have identified four new genetic regions that influence birth weight, providing further evidence that genes as well as maternal nutrition are important for growth…
Mitochondrial donation: ‘Breakthroughs are possible when policy keeps pace with science’
The remarkable achievement of eight healthy babies born following mitochondrial donation IVF shows how long-term support for science saves lives. Beth Thompson, Executive…
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Beth Thompson
New safety and efficacy evidence for mitochondrial donation revealed
A new IVF-based technique is likely to lead to normal pregnancies and reduce the risk that babies born will have mitochondrial disease.
A Gambian midwife’s perspective on extreme heat and pregnancy
Extreme heat will only get worse with climate change, and it has been linked to health risks for pregnant women and their babies. We spoke to a midwife and a researcher in…
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Jane Bracher
Research to improve ultrasound scans aims for better detection of birth defects
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…
Our homogenised global food system puts people and planet at risk
Food homogeneity or the lack of diversity in the food we eat has a dangerous impact on climate change, food security and human health.
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- Jane Bracher
Surgery in the womb to be improved by research into new tools and imaging techniques
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…
Gene provides a link between lower birth weight and type 2 diabetes
New research uncovers two genetic regions that influence birth weight. One of the regions is also associated with type 2 diabetes, which helps to explain why small babies…
Is the world running out of freshwater?
As the climate crisis intensifies, it shrinks and contaminates the water we rely on. We need to act now to reduce the existing and emerging threat that this poses to our…
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Simge Eva Dogan
Mitochondrial donation: the pioneering IVF treatment giving families hope
The first healthy babies born in the UK thanks to mitochondrial donation show what science can achieve when combined with advocacy and engagement to build trust. Wellcome has…
Pneumococcal vaccine offers protection to HIV-infected African adults in clinical trial
A clinical trial of a vaccine against a major cause of pneumonia and meningitis has shown that it can prevent three out of four cases of re-infection in HIV-infected adults…
Trial recommends new antibiotic for typhoid in low-income countries
A large clinical trial comparing treatments for typhoid has recommended the use of gatifloxacin, an affordable new-generation antibiotic. The results of the trial in…
Wellcome Monitor 2018: Wellcome Monitor 2018: Public interest and engagement with health research
This report presents the results from the fourth wave of the Wellcome Monitor, a study about public knowledge of and attitudes towards science and health research.
Battle of the bugs leaves humans as collateral damage
It is a tragedy of war that innocent bystanders often get caught in the crossfire. But now scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Oxford have…
Winner of the 2016 Wellcome Image Awards announced
The Ebola virus, captured in watercolour and ink, has been selected as the overall winner for the 2016 Wellcome Image Awards.