News and features: 2004

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December

Trust addresses harmful misuse of research New policies to ensure safety of biomedical research. 22 Dec 2004 Feature Quiz of the year 2004 Were you paying attention? Take our quiz to find out. 21 Dec 2004 The beat is on...Pulse 2 launches second round of funding Pulse 2 launches second round of funding. 19 Dec 2004 Feature Rude awakenings: Sleep apnoea and cardiovascular stress New studies into sleep apnoea and cardiovascular stress. 15 Dec 2004 Feature Talking science in Cumbria: Engaging Cumbrian communities with modern science Ann Lackie engages Cumbrian communities with modern science. 15 Dec 2004 Ethics grant awarded for study on forensic use of DNA 13 Dec 2004 Feature Hearts and minds: The heart in Greek medicine and philosophy The heart in Greek medicine and philosophy. 12 Dec 2004 Feature Oxygen debt: Limiting damage caused by lack of oxygen Limiting the damage caused by lack of oxygen. 12 Dec 2004 Feature Changing medical practice: The strange case of the prenatal steroids 12 Dec 2004 Feature The virtual heart: Using computer models to study electrical activity Using computer models to study electrical activity. 12 Dec 2004 Set your Pulse racing 08 Dec 2004 TB vaccine: New vaccine passes first phase of clinical trials 08 Dec 2004 Feature Death of a serviceman: Safeguarding medical ethics Will a study of a 50-year old death help us safeguard medical ethics in these troubled times? 07 Dec 2004 Feature Sanger evolution: Bringing biology to the genome Bringing biology to the genome. 05 Dec 2004 Queen Opens 215 03 Dec 2004 Research Resources in Medical History scheme extended Preservation 01 Dec 2004
November

Research: How heart asymmetry relates to congenital heart defects 24 Nov 2004 Feature Word of mouth: Medicinal plant remedies in Britain and Ireland Word of mouth 23 Nov 2004 Feature Cell-surface interactions: Cells' communication systems 23 Nov 2004 Feature Manchester United: The science, art and creativity of Pulse Manchester: United 23 Nov 2004 Feature Face to face: Science meets art at the Science Museum Face to face 23 Nov 2004 Feature Genes and cognition Genes involved in learning, memory and behaviour. 23 Nov 2004 New funding for Malawi: £2.3 million awarded for research 23 Nov 2004 Feature Re-entry Fellows: Giving scientists the chance to get back into research Giving scientists the chance to get back into research. 22 Nov 2004 Face on Film weekend From Friday 19 November. In association with the Future Face exhibition. 18 Nov 2004 First audio library of stammered speech Stammer library 16 Nov 2004 Tropical award: Elisabeth Corbett gets Wellcome Career Post in Tropical Medicine Tropical award 16 Nov 2004 Listening and learning: Capturing public opinion and feelings about science Listening and learning 16 Nov 2004 New programme grants New programme grants 16 Nov 2004 Feature New doctors: Art, humanities and medical training at Peninsula Medical School New doctors 15 Nov 2004 Suspended animation: New Thomas Heatherwick scuplture at Wellcome Trust HQ Suspended animation 15 Nov 2004 New treatment for Tuberculous Meningitis 10 Nov 2004 Feature Learning disability: Linking genes to learning difficulties Linking genes to learning difficulties 10 Nov 2004 Window dressing: Doshi Levien windows at Wellcome Trust HQ Window dressing 08 Nov 2004 Feature Curtain raiser: Plymouth's Theatre of Science 07 Nov 2004 Feature Genetics of deafness Genes, hearing impairment and deafness. 05 Nov 2004 Wellcome Trust and NLM in talks for open access archive 04 Nov 2004 Open access archive: Trust in talks with National Library of Medicine 04 Nov 2004 'Window of hope' for recurrent miscarriage sufferers 02 Nov 2004 Biobank ethics and governance council announced 01 Nov 2004 Wellcome grant helps preserve unique coalmining archive 01 Nov 2004
October

Research collaboration uses new ways to model the heart 31 Oct 2004 Feature Know your onions: Peeling away the Burkholderia genome Peeling away the Burkholderia genome. 28 Oct 2004 TB vaccine trial success 25 Oct 2004 Voyage of Rediscovery: Six science centres/museums receive Rediscover awards Six science centres/museums receive Rediscover awards. 25 Oct 2004 Scientists discover gene that modulates anxiety 23 Oct 2004 Human genome project analysis 21 Oct 2004 Princess opens science learning centre Science Learning Centre London opened on 19 October 2004. 19 Oct 2004 Light on the anxiety gene 17 Oct 2004 Feature Three Gorges, a million migrants: How will Chinese adolescents be affected by the project? Three Gorges, a million migrants 15 Oct 2004 Asia: Body Mind Spirit exhibition Last chance to see exhibition closing this Sunday. 13 Oct 2004 Feature Feature: What taxi drivers' hippocampi can tell us about memory What taxi drivers' hippocampi can tell us about memory. 10 Oct 2004 Future Face exhibition: Discussion forum Event on 15 October at the Royal Geographical Society. 07 Oct 2004 Cancer gene discovery Cancer gene 01 Oct 2004
September

Women tracking men 30 Sep 2004 Feature Gene geography: Do you have Viking ancestry in your DNA? Do you have Viking ancestry in your DNA? 29 Sep 2004 Future Face exhibition opens Free exhibition launched at the Science Museum. 29 Sep 2004 Belfast academics lead the way in new science research 17 Sep 2004 Imagine photography competition Full details on how to enter. 13 Sep 2004 Feature A history of 215 Euston Road 10 Sep 2004 Feature Fighting back: Tackling violence in the Caribbean 05 Sep 2004 Changes to biomedical research funding from October 2004 Changes to biomedical research funding from October 2004. 05 Sep 2004
August

New grants at Oxford: How genetic structure varies geographically in the UK 26 Aug 2004 Cancer gene census created 14 Aug 2004 New insights into 'emphatic pain' 12 Aug 2004 Feature Mother and child: Postnatal depression in the developing world Postnatal depression in the developing world. 10 Aug 2004 Feature Drinking problem: Combating pesticide poisoning in South Asia 10 Aug 2004 New Trust HQ opens Staff move into 215 Euston Road 10 Aug 2004 Feature A farewell present: Sir David Weatherall's retirement benefits Sri Lanka 05 Aug 2004 Public engagement projects: Call for applications Applications invited to pilot small-scale events around the UK. 05 Aug 2004 Biomedical science makes debut at National Eisteddfod of Wales Biomedical science makes debut at National Eisteddfod of Wales 04 Aug 2004 Professor Alastair V Campbell appointed Chair of UK Biobank Ethics and Governance Council 03 Aug 2004 World's first stammer library 03 Aug 2004 Exciting Art, Engaging Science at EuroScience Open Forum 2004 Trust to host two-day programme of events at in Stockholm. 03 Aug 2004 Feature Wedge in the door: International Senior Fellows in South Africa 01 Aug 2004
July

Feature Short, sharp shock: HIV/AIDS and the Spartac programme 29 Jul 2004 New heads of Wellcome Trust units announced 25 Jul 2004 Cognitive systems: Apply for funds for interdisciplinary research Apply for funds for interdisciplinary research. 25 Jul 2004 Wellcome Trust response to report on scientific publishing 20 Jul 2004 Feature Graphic design: Colourful imagery raises awareness of HIV 19 Jul 2004 Feature You can't fight if you can't bite: Film showcases pioneer health campaigner Oral hygiene can be fun. 18 Jul 2004 Pain exhibition website launched 17 Jul 2004 Wetlands wildlife 05 Jul 2004 Pulse Conference 05 Jul 2004 New residents are thriving at the Genome Campus New residents are thriving at the Genome Campus. 05 Jul 2004
June

New LabNotes on infectious disease in the developing world 30 Jun 2004 Archive of medical journals to go online 28 Jun 2004 Meningococcal meningitis outbreaks explained by mathematics 22 Jun 2004 Sensible balance in Human Tissue Bill 18 Jun 2004 New head for Advanced Courses 17 Jun 2004 Wellcome Trust appoint new Head of Public Programmes 14 Jun 2004 Tobacco archive opened up to public scrutiny Opened to public scrutiny. 10 Jun 2004 Breakthrough for schizophrenia sufferers 09 Jun 2004 Brain save 09 Jun 2004 Trust promotes open access 05 Jun 2004 Chromosomes 9, 10 and 13 completed 03 Jun 2004
May

Richard Durbin is elected to a Fellowship of the Royal Society 28 May 2004 'Working with the Human Genome Sequence' workshop 17 May 2004 Annual Review 2003 published 17 May 2004 Move to new HQ 15 May 2004 Wellcome Trust appoints new Head of International Science 14 May 2004 Feature Sharing knowledge: Global collaboration helps researchers from the developing world 10 May 2004 Science and arts conference 07 May 2004 Wellcome Trust appoints new Governor 05 May 2004
April

Open Access: New model to make online research more accessible New model looks at making research results on the web more accessible. 29 Apr 2004 Skin cell bandages for burns 27 Apr 2004 Feature Cut!: 100-year old film of amputation 22 Apr 2004 Feature Spinning a yarn: 'Cradle to Grave' exhibition examines our response to ill health 17 Apr 2004 Exhibition explores the many sides of pain 15 Apr 2004 New Head of Wellcome Library appointed 13 Apr 2004 Latin American awards 13 Apr 2004 Feature Tracking gonorrhoea: The genetic diversity of Neisseria gonorrhoeae 08 Apr 2004 Public health research 'neglected' 02 Apr 2004 New report reveals open access could reduce cost of scientific publishing by up to 30 percent 01 Apr 2004 Feature Dissecting pain: Can neurobiology help us to fully understand pain? 01 Apr 2004 Feature No place like home: Estonian Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellows 01 Apr 2004
March

Threat to public health research 29 Mar 2004 Feature Ask the audience: Can art really engage people with science? 27 Mar 2004 Previously unknown Florence Nightingale recording remastered Previously unknown recording remastered. 25 Mar 2004 Online A-Z of cancer genes and their mutations 20 Mar 2004 Feature Why the mouse?: The importance of mouse genetics 19 Mar 2004 Wellcome Trust appoints new Head of Strategic Planning and Policy Unit 15 Mar 2004 Feature Breaking the mould: Fungi, art and geography 14 Mar 2004 Cataloguing the Wellcome Foundation archive 10 Mar 2004 Africa Centre gets award 03 Mar 2004 Refurbished labs open at King's College London 01 Mar 2004
February

Wellcome Trust appoints two new Governors 27 Feb 2004 Wonderful life: Collaborative science and art venture 21 Feb 2004 £60 million Chemistry Research Laboratory opens at the University of Oxford 20 Feb 2004 Feature Car trouble: Minimising road deaths in Pacific Island nations 15 Feb 2004 Looking forward to Pain 13 Feb 2004 Sciart Production Awards granted 10 Feb 2004 Professor Mark Williams made Principal Research Fellow 05 Feb 2004 Postdoctoral opportunities at Sanger 03 Feb 2004 Technology Transfer networking event 02 Feb 2004 2003 Essay Prize winners 02 Feb 2004
January

New programme grants awarded 29 Jan 2004 Primate research centre plans abandoned 26 Jan 2004 Brain research centre plans abandoned 26 Jan 2004 New applications invited for Engaging Science 25 Jan 2004 Medicine in Literature CD-ROM 22 Jan 2004 LabNotes on ageing published 20 Jan 2004 Human tissue bill raises concerns 17 Jan 2004 Medical research under threat from new bill 14 Jan 2004

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