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Feature: The biggest poisoning in history
One of the more bitter ironies of human existence is the way the best of our intentions can fall foul of Murphy’s Law and wind up as paving stones on the proverbial road to hell. A recent, devastating...
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The need to know: deciphering developmental disorders
The Oakes family Life can be challenging for the families of children with developmental disorders. About 1 in 1000 babies are born with an error in their genetic make-up that causes delays in their...
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Paradoxic pandemic: The inexorable spread of hand, foot and mouth disease
As researchers describe a new way to make vaccines to fight diseases like foot and mouth disease in animals and polio in humans, we look at a related human viral infection called hand, foot and mouth...
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Recharging the batteries: treating mitochondrial disease
Image: Mitochondria (red) in the cell cytoplasm. Credit: Dr David Furness, Wellcome Images. By Iona Twaddell If you’ve heard of mitochondrial disease it will probably be because of the “three person...
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The battle against drug resistance just got tougher
Do we have any leverage against drug-resistant organisms? Dr Maciej Boni explains the biological fitness cost of drug resistance and the worrisome scenarios that could develop if we lose this small...
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Researcher Spotlight : Dr Helen Lee
Dr Helen Lee is the Director of Research at the Diagnostics Development Unit at Cambridge University, where she leads the development of diagnostics for diseases such as HIV and chlamydia. She is also...
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Ebola: Facts Not Fear
The latest WHO figures put the current death toll of the on-going Ebola outbreak at almost 5000, with over 10,000 cases reported in eight countries, mainly those in West Africa. In a series of three...
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Women in Science – Supporting and developing great talent
“Be bold”, “be confident” and “be yourself” – just some of the positive advice that came out of the Wellcome Trust’s Women in Science event last week. Co-hosted with Aberdeen Asset Management, the...
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A Brief History of Childbirth: Exploring the National Childbirth Trust Archives
The Wellcome Library is a treasure trove of books and archives than span a wealth of biomedical and health related subjects. The newly-catalogued National Childbirth Trust (NCT) archive, containing...
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Female Genital Mutilation
Today is International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. To mark the day watch our new audio slideshow which explores the stories behind some of the girls and women who have...
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How to turn the tide on the growing problem of diabetes
With Ebola and Zika grabbing so many headlines these days, it may come as a surprise that the biggest global health crisis affecting developing nations is not caused by yet another rare virus we had...
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How do the public really feel about science and research?
The Wellcome Trust Monitor provides a unique insight into how the public understands and views medical research. Through interviews with a sample of the UK population every three years since 2009, the...
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Five promising mental health interventions in low and middle income countries
Diagnosing and treating mental health conditions is a huge challenge in low and middle income countries, where resources are scarce. Dr Dixon Chibanda is a Wellcome researcher at the University of...
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World Immunisation Week: Seven vaccine challenges
The focus of WHO’s World Immunisation Week is closing the immunisation gap, which means getting vaccines that already exist to those who need them. But there are many diseases for which we do not have...
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Eight ways we’re improving mental health
In the UK 1 in 4 people will develop a mental health condition, and three quarters of these people will receive no treatment. In low and middle income countries treatment rates are even lower. This...
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