Wellcome Trust News and features

�45 million for development of affordable healthcare products

2010-07-29T12:00:00.0+01:00

A £45 million partnership between the Wellcome Trust and the Indian government will support development of innovative and affordable healthcare products.

Nurturing tomorrow's research leaders

2010-07-29T12:00:00.0+01:00

What makes us behave unselfishly? Could neuroscience hold the answers? Molly Crockett, Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient, believes so.

Blue Death: The frontiers of ageing research

2010-07-29T12:00:00.0+01:00

David Gems, at UCL's Institute of Healthy Ageing, teases apart the genetic nature of ageing using one of nature's simplest animals, the nematode worm.

Translation Award to combat counterfeit drugs

2010-07-27T12:00:00.0+01:00

The Wellcome Trust has awarded £473 000 to a team of international researchers to create a system that can identify counterfeit and substandard drugs.

Professor Peter Rigby to become Wellcome Trust Deputy Chairman

2010-07-23T12:00:00.0+01:00

Professor Peter Rigby, Chief Executive of the Institute of Cancer Research, is becoming Deputy Chairman of the Wellcome Trust's Board of Governors.

Antibiotics offer 'vaccine-like' immunity to malaria

2010-07-23T12:00:00.0+01:00

Antibiotics could offer an alternative way to generate 'vaccine-like' immunity against malaria different to immunisation using weakened pathogens.

21 years of the science National Curriculum

2010-07-21T12:00:00.0+01:00

To mark the 21st anniversary of the science National Curriculum the Wellcome Trust has invited those at the forefront of education to a special seminar.

You are what you ate: food lessons from the past

2010-07-20T12:00:00.0+01:00

Historians and scientists from the universities of Leeds and Bradford will be serving up a lesson in medieval nutrition this weekend at Pontefract Castle.

Support for development of new painkiller for chronic pain

2010-07-19T12:00:00.0+01:00

The Wellcome Trust has awarded £3.8 million to a team of researchers to develop a new painkiller for the severe chronic pain associated with diabetes.

Largest study of genomes and cancer treatments releases first results

2010-07-19T12:00:00.0+01:00

The largest study to correlate genetics with response to cancer drugs has released its first results. The UK-US collaboration's work is a step towards more personalised cancer treatment.

Scientists find brain's 'star cells' help regulate breathing

2010-07-16T12:00:00.0+01:00

Astrocytes - previously thought to act only as the 'glue' between neurons - have a central role in the regulation of breathing, according to new research.

Sir Paul Nurse to head UKCMRI

2010-07-15T12:00:00.0+01:00

Nobel laureate Sir Paul Nurse is to become the first Director and Chief Executive of the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI).

The human canvas: live tattooing

2010-07-14T12:00:00.0+01:00

Next Thursday sees the culmination of Wellcome Collection's tattoo competition, with the winning design being inked live at the venue's late-night opening.

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute launches spin-out company

2010-07-12T12:00:00.0+01:00

The Wellcome Trust today announces investment in Kymab, a company focused on novel monoclonal antibody medicines from discovery to commercialisation.

Wellcome Library 'Year in Review' published

2010-07-12T12:00:00.0+01:00

Read about the Wellcome Library's busiest year to date, and how it plans to meet the needs of both physical and online visitors in an increasingly digital environment.

Choir to sing their own genes

2010-07-09T12:00:00.0+01:00

The New London Chamber Choir will perform a new choral work inspired by their very own genes at 'Music from the Genome' on Tuesday 13 July.

Exploratory medicine: Scott's final journey

2010-07-08T12:00:00.0+01:00

The centenary of a chillier journey is upon us: Ross MacFarlane tells the tale of Henry Wellcome's involvement in Scott's epic expedition to Antarctica.

Play gets to grips with teen suicide

2010-07-08T12:00:00.0+01:00

A play about teen suicide, developed with Wellcome Trust support, joins the bill at the ICA this month for the London International Festival of Theatre.

Maternal diet and genes interact to affect heart development

2010-07-07T12:00:00.0+01:00

A pregnant mother's diet may interact with the genes her unborn child inherits and influence the type or severity of birth defect according to research.

Brain biology linked to severe teenage antisocial behaviour

2010-07-06T12:00:00.0+01:00

A new study reveals that young adults with conduct disorder display an abnormal pattern of brain activity compared with their peers without the disorder.