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About this site This site has been produced by the Wellcome Trust to accompany its 'Pain: Passion, compassion, sensibility' exhibition at the Science Museum in London, UK. It has been developed to provide an insight into the latest research and thinking about pain, its treatment, and historical and social contexts. Content will be added to the site at regular intervals to keep visitors abreast of new developments. Feedback on the site is welcomed (pain@wellcome.ac.uk). However, we are not able to provide individual medical advice, and content should not be taken as a substitute for advice from a qualified medical professional. Who we are Pain and the Wellcome Trust Contacts Linking, copyright and other legal information Who we are Site editor: Ian Jones Webmaster: Paul Tam Design: Daniel Atkinson Expert advisor Professor John Wood, University College London [Expert advisors provide strategic advice for the site, and are not responsible for content.] Pain and the Wellcome Trust The Wellcome Trust supports considerable amounts of research directly relevant to pain, as well as basic research to provide a better understanding of nervous system function. Through its Integrative Animal and Human Physiology initiative, it provided funding for the London Pain Consortium, a collaboration among key pain research laboratories based in different academic institutions around London. Pain researchers are eligible to apply for funding for research through the Wellcome Trust's biomedical research funding schemes and its technology transfer awards. The Trust has also supported public engagement projects based around pain, including 'Feeling Hurt' and 'A visual language for pain'. Public engagement projects tackling pain are eligible for funding through the Engaging Science Programme. Contacts The Pain website is produced by the Wellcome Trust. Comments are welcomed and should be sent to: Publisher Publishing Department Wellcome Trust 210 Euston Road London NW1 2BE, UK E-mail: pain@wellcome.ac.uk Web: www.wellcome.ac.uk The Wellcome Trust is an independent research-funding charity, established under the will of Sir Henry Wellcome in 1936. It is funded from a private endowment, which is managed with long-term stability and growth in mind. Its mission is 'to foster and promote research with the aim of improving human and animal health'. To this end, it supports 'blue skies' research and applied clinical research. It also encourages the exploitation of research findings for medical benefit. Reflecting the profound impact today's research will have on society, the Wellcome Trust also seeks to raise awareness of the medical, ethical and social implications of research and promote dialogue between scientists, the public and policy makers. The Wellcome Trust is a registered charity no. 210183. Its sole Trustee is The Wellcome Trust Ltd, a company registered in England, no. 2711000, whose registered office is 183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE. Linking, copyright and other legal information Linking You are welcome to link to the Pain site, and to any article on the site, from your own website. The main URL is www.wellcome.ac.uk/pain Copyright The copyright and similar rights in all material published on the Pain website are owned by the contributors, unless otherwise specified. The rights for content produced by other sources and reproduced on the Pain site are held by those sites. To use content on the Pain site for personal, academic or teaching purposes please contact the relevant authors or the Wellcome Trust (pain@wellcome.ac.uk). None of this material may be used for any commercial use without permission. Other legal information The views and opinions expressed by writers within the Pain website do not necessarily reflect those of the Wellcome Trust. The Wellcome Trust is not liable for the contents of any external Internet sites listed, nor does it endorse any commercial product or service mentioned or advised on any of the sites. All content within the Wellcome Trust Pain website is provided for general information only, and should not be treated as a substitute for the medical advice of your own doctor or any other healthcare professional. No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the materials herein. |
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