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Wellcome News previous issues

Issue 72, autumn/winter 2012 Read about the historical aspects of facial mutilation and a new project to produce soft tissue prosthetics, Professor Derek Jones's insights into the brain's white matter, and Dr Pedro Hallal's career in physical activity research.

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Issue 71, summer 2012 Read about the Trust Senior Investigator finding out how aspirin can prevent cancer and stroke, the scientists working on mitochondrial inherited diseases - and a family whose baby daughter has one - and the winners of the Wellcome Image Awards.

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Issue 70, spring 2012 Read about the Trust's first Joint Senior Investigators and their work into the genetics underlying asthma, a quick guide to mitochondria, and a brief history of the medical and cultural aspects of gin.

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Issue 69, winter 2011

Read about researchers tackling so-called 'neglected tropical diseases', a quick guide to the neuron, and the winning entries of the 2011 Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize. Download issue 69 [PDF]

Issue 68, autumn 2011 Read about Sara Rankin's work on stem cells, a quick guide to zebrafish and Chris Fairburn's development of cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders.

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Issue 67, summer 2011 Read a feature on research into how we make memories, a quick guide to MRI and a look at the development of a robotic snake for surgery.

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Commemorative 1936 issue Featuring the scientific findings of the time, this special issue shows how we might have covered the news of Sir Henry Wellcome's death and the formation of the Trust.

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Issue 66, spring 2011 Read about Ralph Lainson's 47 years of research in tropical medicine, how Mike Stratton got into cancer genetics, and the Insect Pollinators Initiative's plans to secure a healthy future for bees and other insects.

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Issue 65, December 2010 Read about John Gurdon's work on cloning, the Wellcome Trust's initiatives in India, the SGC's 1000 protein structure release as well as the latest in news, research and funding.

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Issue 64, September 2010 Read about what comics and medicine have in common, the latest from the Wellcome postdoc fellows and the threats the biotechnical revolution creates for public health.

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Issue 63, June 2010 This issue celebrates a decade of research from the human genome sequence.

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Issue 62, March 2010 Read about Tasmanian devils and transmissible cancers and find out more about our new ten-year Strategic Plan.

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Issue 61, December 2009 Explore life with sleep apnoea and 'meet' Henry Wellcome's expert collector.

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Issue 60, October 2009 Read about research capacity in Africa, Wellcome Image Awards 2009 and the lauch of four new medical engineering research centres.

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Issue 59, July 2009 Find out about our educational strategy and learn how research on deafness and signing sheds light on language processing.

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Issue 58, April 2009 Read about coeliac disease and nanotech art, and meet the winners of our essay competition.

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Issue 57, December 2008 In this issue our main features investigate twin research and forensic archives.

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Issue 56, October 2008 Read profiles of our Career Re-entry Fellows and find out about ethnicity and cardiovascular disease.

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Issue 55, July 2008 Insight into the Trust's Major Overseas Programme in Malawi, gene therapy for inherited blindness and new £30 million partnership to offer training for science teachers.

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Issue 54, April 2008 Read about the Wellcome Image Awards 2008, an update on the 1000 Genomes Project update and research into the interpretation of language and production of speech.

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Issue 53, January 2008 Read about 'Sleeping and Dreaming', the second major temporary exhibition to grace Wellcome Collection.

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Issue 52, November 2007 Find out out how we are helping our grantholders promote the uptake of their research into policy and practice.

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Issue 51, June 2007 Updates on the latest brain research and details of the Picasso mural acquired by Wellcome Collection.

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Issue 50, April 2007 Read about how the development of new drugs is calling for a range of innovative approaches.

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Issue 49, December 2006 Find out about recent research into contagious canine cancer and a study of the blood of survivors of avian flu.

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