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Wellcome Trust expands funding streams in the humanities and social sciences
The Wellcome Trust today announces the expansion of three funding streams to enable a wider range of research applications from the humanities, the social sciences and the arts.
22 May 2013
Failure to use linked health records may lead to biased disease estimates
Failure to use linked electronic health records may lead to biased estimates of disease incidence and outcome, researchers warn in a paper published online today in the British Medical Journal.
22 May 2013
Estimates reveal low population immunity to new bird flu virus H7N9 in humans
The level of immunity to the recently circulating H7N9 influenza virus in an urban and rural population in Vietnam is very low, according to the first population-level study to examinehuman immunity to the virus.
21 May 2013
Teaching quality most important factor for inspiring interest in science
Wellcome Trust Monitor, an independent nationwide survey, highlights the important role of science teachers in encouraging young people to learn science and as a source of careers advice.
21 May 2013
Wellcome Trust launches Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowships for Clinicians
The Wellcome Trust is inviting applications for Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowships for Clinicians. These support the most talented clinical academics wishing to pursue their research interests at a postdoctoral level.
20 May 2013
New model for genetic testing in cancer patients launched
A research programme that will lay the foundations for anyone with cancer to have access to genetic testing has been launched with £2.7 million funding from the Wellcome Trust.
20 May 2013
Nationwide survey reveals picture of UK's attitudes to science and medicine
Wellcome Trust Monitor, an independent survey of 1396 adults and 460 young people (aged 14-18) reveals the most accurate picture to date of what the UK thinks about science, biomedical research and science education.
17 May 2013
New School Performance Dashboard provides detailed information for governors
Fischer Family Trust has released a new School Performance Governor Dashboard aimed at all schools in England, working in partnership with the National Governors' Association and the Wellcome Trust.
17 May 2013
Scientists unite in bid to solve mystery of mental illness and neurological conditions
Some of the UK's leading neuroscientists, stem cell biologists, psychologists and psychiatrists are uniting to break down scientific barriers in a bid to solve the mystery of mental illness and neurological conditions.
17 May 2013
Study to investigate teenage brain development
A new research project aims to shed light on what happens to the brain as young people mature, as part of a £5.4 million project funded by the Wellcome Trust.
15 May 2013
Study defines level of dengue virus needed for transmission
Researchers have identified the dose of dengue virus in human blood that is required to infect mosquitoes when they bite.
14 May 2013
Wellcome Trust-MIT Postdoctoral Fellowships now open
The Wellcome Trust, in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is offering opportunities for early-career researchers to carry out interdisciplinary research at MIT.
07 May 2013
Standard & Poor's reaffirms Wellcome Trust's AAA credit rating
The Wellcome Trust announced today that its AAA (stable) credit rating has been reaffirmed by Standard & Poor's. The Trust continues to be rated Aaa (stable) by Moody's Investors Service (Moody's).
03 May 2013
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