News and features
UK funding bodies urge universities to improve the design and reporting of animal research
The heads of the three main funding bodies for bioscience research in the UK have written an open letter urging universities and research institutes to ensure they observe guidelines to improve reporting of animal research.
22 May 2012
New scheme for Centres for Global Health Research
The Wellcome Trust today launches a new £3.5m fund to support Centres for Global Health Research, to offer career support for researchers in public health and tropical medicine and foster exchange between institutions.
18 May 2012
Archives from the pioneers of modern genetics to be brought together for the first time
The Wellcome Library is to bring the papers of the pioneers of modern genetics together in one place for the first time as part of a ground-breaking digitisation project, 'Modern Genetics and its Foundations'.
17 May 2012
NHS set to benefit from UK-led technologies
Video games, pioneering gene therapies and new medical devices are set to transform treatments on the NHS, with support from the Health Innovation Challenge Fund from the Department of Health and the Wellcome Trust.
17 May 2012
94 elements to be explored in new film project
A new web-based filmmaking project launched last week, bringing together award-winning filmmakers and emerging talent to create original films about the ways in which the 94 naturally occurring elements affect our lives.
10 May 2012
Virtual reality allows researchers to measure brain activity at unprecedented resolution
Researchers have developed a new technique that allows them to measure brain activity during behaviour in large populations of nerve cells at the resolution of individual cells.
10 May 2012
Why women wiggling in high heels could help improve prosthetic limbs and robots
People walking normally, women tottering in high heels and ostriches strutting all exert the same forces on the ground despite their very differently shaped feet, according to research.
09 May 2012
Applications open for third round of global health trials initiative
Applications are now open for the third round of an initiative to fund late-stage global health trials of health interventions designed to improve health in low- and middle-income countries.
09 May 2012
'Superhuman' coming to Wellcome Collection in July
From Icarus to i-limbs, Wellcome Collection's major summer exhibition, 'Superhuman', explores the extraordinary ways people have sought to improve, adapt and enhance their body's performance.
04 May 2012
Translation Award investigates new therapy to prevent type 1 diabetes
A project to develop a new therapy for type 1 diabetes launches today. The new therapy is designed to target the immune response that underlies the condition and, if successful, could prevent the disease from developing.
02 May 2012
Delirium mouse model helps researchers understand the condition's causes
A new mouse model of delirium developed by Wellcome Trust researchers has provided an important insight into the mechanisms underlying the condition, bringing together two theories on its causes.
02 May 2012
Wellcome Trust's 'Focus on stroke' blog series launched
Throughout May - the Stroke Association's Action on Stroke Month - the Wellcome Trust blog will run a series of feature articles, infographics, interviews and films about this common, disabling condition.
01 May 2012
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Leading investments industry figure joins Wellcome Trust Board of Governors
Alan Brown, a leading figure in the investments community, is to join the Board of Governors of the Wellcome Trust, it is announced today. He will take up his position on 1 May.
27 Apr 2012
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