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Accelerated Access Review: speeding up access to innovative drugs and medical...
Last year, the Government’s Office for Life Sciences announced the Accelerated Access Review looking at how to get innovative medicines and technologies to patients as quickly as possible. The Wellcome...
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Researcher Spotlight: Dr Teela Sanders
This week we speak to Small Grant holder Dr Teela Sanders. A sociologist based at the University of Leeds, Teela is especially interested in the sex industry and the people who work in it, buy into it...
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Ask For Evidence
New year – new you? Tempted by promises of detox diets, super-foods and high-tech work out plans? Before you pay out for them, take a moment to consider whether the claims are based on solid science,...
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ISSF: Innovative funding to help universities develop themselves
The Wellcome Trust has many different grant schemes on offer, from small arts awards to multi-million pound funding for Centres of research excellence. The Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF)...
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Researcher Spotlight: Dr Thuy Le
Dr Thuy Le is the Deputy Group Head of the Central Nervous System and HIV Infection Group based at the Wellcome Trust’s Major Overseas Programme in Vietnam. Her work focuses on the neglected fungal...
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Public Engagement Events Round-up – November 2015
It’s getting dark out there. The nights are drawing in and the weather is gloomy, but you’ll find plenty to light up those long evenings in this month’s collection of public events and activities,...
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Building new connections with Japanese innovation
This week, we announced that the Wellcome Trust has made the first awards under our new funding partnership with the Global Health Innovation Fund – a Tokyo-based public-private partnership which hopes...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-Up: 09.11.15
Our fortnightly round-up of news from the Wellcome Trust community… Fly-tipping A small molecule called microRNA (miRNA) may help fruit flies control their movements, according to new research...
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Image of the Week: a ‘Movember’ special
This week’s image of the week is a ‘Movember’ special, celebrating Henry Wellcome’s moustache through the ages.* From a questionable goatee in the 1880s to a more restrained turn of the century ‘tache,...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-Up: 23.11.15
Our fortnightly round-up of news from the Wellcome Trust community… Kicking back cognitive ageing Stronger leg muscles are associated with a slower rate of ageing of the brain, new research published...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-Up: 07.12.15
Our fortnightly round-up of news from the Wellcome Trust community… Kidney cancer in the genes Genetic mutations in a gene called REST causes some cases of Wilms tumour, a rare childhood kidney cancer,...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-Up: 21.12.15
Our fortnightly round-up of news from the Wellcome Trust community… No laughing matter A change in sense of humour could signal an early sign of dementia, research published in Journal of Alzheimer’s...
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Image of the Week: Pure Cholesterol Crystal
It’s the New Year which means lots of discussions about resolutions and healthy living, whether that’s pledging to exercise more often or cutting back on fatty foods. With this in mind our image of the...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-Up: 11.01.16
Our fortnightly round-up of news from the Wellcome Trust community… A weight off your shoulders Weight-loss surgery can reduce the risk of developing serious heart problems, according to new research...
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2016: A bold new future for research?
2016 is set to be a big year for copyright reform in Europe, with the European Commission working on plans to update copyright law to make it fit for purpose in the 21st century. There are big...
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Public Engagement Events Listing – January 2016
Liven up gloomy January days with plenty of bright and exciting Wellcome Trust supported events! Performances Give me your Love – Battersea Arts Centre, London – 12th-30th January Ridiculusmus return...
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60 cents a year for every person on the planet would make us safer against...
As the world continues to learn difficult lessons from the Ebola crisis and the failures that occurred during the response, a landmark report published today spells out what must be done to increase...
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Image of the Week: Ebola Vaccine
Our image this week is a visualisation of antibodies being activated by the Ebola vaccine. Ebola has featured heavily in the news this week, as the World Health Organization announced on Thursday that...
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Drug-resistant infections: how worried should we be?
The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland is taking place this week, from 20-23 January. Known simply as ‘Davos’, the meeting is an opportunity for business and political leaders...
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Image of the Week: Diagnosing ‘superbugs’
Each week we are reminded of the global threat of the latest ‘superbug’ or highly drug-resistant infection. MRSA is the culprit that probably first springs to mind, but increasingly infections that are...
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