News and features
Patients 'unafraid' to gamble show role of amygdala in decision-making
Two patients with rare lesions to the brain have provided direct of evidence of how we make decisions - and why we dislike the thought of losing money.
09 Feb 2010
New mental health website aims to dispel myths of psychosis
A new evidence-based website launches today to help relatives and friends of people with psychosis navigate through the myths and misinformation.
08 Feb 2010
New trials for sterile mosquitoes to fight disease
A Wellcome Trust Translation Award will help trial a pioneering approach to combat mosquito-borne diseases using genetically sterilised insects.
08 Feb 2010
First gene variant linked to ageing identified
A study suggests that that some people may be genetically programmed to age at a faster rate, or may age faster depending on environmental factors.
08 Feb 2010
Trust award backs new anti-HIV microbicide trial
£2.5 million is awarded to the Mintaka Foundation for Medical Research in Geneva to bring a low-cost anti-HIV microbicide to clinical trials.
05 Feb 2010
New odour-'reading' device sniffs out superbug
Testing has begun on a device that can sniff out the presence of Clostridium difficile disease by smell, thanks to an award from the Wellcome Trust.
05 Feb 2010
Public meeting on the ethics of UK Biobank
Want to know more about the ethical issues surrounding UK Biobank? Come to a free public presentation and discussion.
04 Feb 2010
Exciting new window display at the Wellcome Trust headquarters
A new window display at the Wellcome Trust probes the space between possible and impossible, where designers and scientists meet to explore the future.
04 Feb 2010
The quick and the dead: movement is swiftest in response to events
Laboratory 'gunfights' to show that we move faster when we react to something in our environment than we do when we initiate the action ourselves.
03 Feb 2010
Wellcome Collection announces its first major theatrical production
Wellcome Collection is thrilled to announce the presentation of its first major performance arts production, 'Pressure Drop', starring Billy Bragg.
02 Feb 2010
Bias towards negativity predicts vulnerability to stress
People who naturally notice negative information over positive information are more susceptible to stress, research has revealed.
02 Feb 2010
The Identity Project launches in Scotland
As part of an ambitious nine-month nationwide season of activity from the Wellcome Trust - exploring who we are and what influences our thinking and understanding of human identity - The Identity Project opens in Scotland with a series of exhibitions, talks and films in Dundee.
01 Feb 2010
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China: Birth and belonging
Wellcome Collection joins forces with Chinese Arts Centre to produce a major two-day symposium tackling the idea of identity in contemporary China.
28 Jan 2010
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