Spotlight issues
Focusing on topics of strategic importance to the Trust and issues in the news that the Trust is actively engaged with.
Intellectual property
Resources from a recent conference on intellectual property.
Stem cell statement
Read our statement supporting funding for stem cell research in Horizon 2020.
Influenza
We are working with UK and international stakeholders to facilitate key research and policy development around influenza.
Avoiding transfer of mitochondrial diseases
Regulations are needed to allow the HFEA to issue a licence for such techniques to be used therapeutically.
Counterfeit medicines
Summary report and other resources from a recent Opinion Former conference on counterfeit medicines held at the Trust.
Health impacts of climate change
Our work to determine the consequences for health of global climate change.
Data sharing
The Trust is working to make the best use of research data through data sharing guidance and initiatives.
Personal information
We actively encourage the development of good practice in the use of personal information for medical research.
Harmful misuse of research
How we are addressing risks that research could be misused for terrorist or other harmful purposes.
Open and unrestricted access to the outputs of published research
Read about the latest Wellcome Trust initiatives in support of open access to published research.
EU Physical Agents Directive
We are working with partner organisations to ensure that European legislation does not impede the use of MRI in research or the clinic.
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act
Background information about stem cell research and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act, which was passed by Parliament in 2008.
