Wellcome Trust-funded Ebola treatment trial stopped in Liberia
A clinical trial of an experimental antiviral treatment for Ebola, funded by the Wellcome Trust, has been stopped following a significant fall in new cases of infection with…
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People with HIV hold clues to Salmonella vaccine development
A study published today in the journal ‘Science’ offers a long-awaited explanation for the link between HIV infection and susceptibility to life-threatening nontyphoidal…
Wellcome Trust and Education Endowment Foundation offer funding for research on use of neuroscience in classroom
Neuroscience has the potential to improve education, but its use in the classroom must be based on robust evidence, the Wellcome Trust and the Education Endowment Foundation…
Parkinson’s drug helps older people to make decisions
A drug widely used to treat Parkinson’s disease can help to reverse age-related impairments indecision making in some older people, a study from researchers at the Wellcome…
Wellcome Trust and MRC invest £13m to create a new national stem cell resource
The Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council today announced a £12.75 million initiative to create a catalogue of high-quality adult stem cells, so-called ‘induced…
London 2012-inspired science experience debuts at Big Bang Fair in Birmingham
Young people from around the UK will get a hands-on insight into how their bodies work during exercise, movement and rest when the Wellcome Trust’s In the Zone initiative…
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
Fund launched to seed new thinking in sustaining the future of health
The Wellcome Trust today launches a global funding scheme to seed research into the impact of a changing world on the future of human health.
‘It can transform our understanding of AMR’: Working with India's rural clinics to control drug resistance
Drug-resistant infections are linked to over a million deaths a year in India. A health crisis compounded by the country’s healthcare inequalities. Dr Gautham and her team…
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Chlöe Choppen
Vaccination to prevent antimicrobial resistance: new evidence, future priorities and policy implications
This report explores how vaccines can help reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR), summarising new evidence from 11 Wellcome-funded projects and outlining what’s needed to…
Wellcome Collection explores Art in Global Health
A ground-breaking new project from Wellcome Collection, Art in Global Health, is bringing artists and scientists together in six Wellcome Trust-funded research programmes…
Wellcome Trust announces multi-million-pound initiative for emergency Ebola research and £40m investment in African research
A multi-million-pound emergency funding package for research that could help to contain the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and future outbreaks of infectious disease has been…
First Pathfinder Awards announced tackling rare and orphan diseases
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…
Wellcome Trust and MRC invest £24 million in Cambridge obesity institute
The Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council (MRC) are to invest £24 million into obesity research led by the Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science.
Researchers develop a noninvasive method for deep brain stimulation
Researchers have developed a noninvasive way to stimulate regions deep within the brain using electrodes placed on the scalp, in experiments with mice.
New insights into how the Zika virus causes microcephaly
Scientists have uncovered why Zika virus may specifically target neural stem cells in the developing brain, potentially leading to microcephaly.
Wellcome Trust “creates science legacy” from London 2012
From today, pupils at every school and college across the UK will get the opportunity to learn how their bodies work during exercise, movement and rest with free experiment…
Public invited to contribute 'Things' to Sir Henry Wellcome's curious collection
Wellcome Collection is calling on the public to loan or donate objects and become co-creators of its new temporary exhibition, ‘Things’.
Following in Darwin's footsteps: School groups offered chance to win unique trip to Galapagos Islands
One group of UK students could be about to follow in the footsteps of Charles Darwin on a voyage to the Galapagos Islands. The trip is first prize in a competition being…