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Wellcome Trust Research Round-up: 13/10/14
Our fortnightly round-up of news from the Wellcome Trust research community… Identifying the genetic factors of height is a tall order An international collaboration of scientists has identified a...
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Researcher Spotlight: Dr Kenneth Baillie
Dr Kenneth Baillie is a consultant in critical care medicine at the Intensive Care Unit of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He holds Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellowship and works at the Roslin...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-up: 10.11.14
Our fortnightly round-up of research news from the Wellcome Trust community… Researchers re-construct the early stages of embryo development Scientists supported by the Wellcome Trust have assembled...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-up: 24.11.14
Our fortnightly round-up of research news from the Wellcome Trust community… Discovery of gene variant leading to natural typhoid resistance People who carry a particular gene have natural resistance...
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A positive step forward on the road to mitochondrial donation
Today the Department of Health has laid the regulations that set out how mitochondrial donation could potentially be allowed in the UK. The regulations will be debated and voted on by parliament in...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-up: 22.12.14
Our fortnightly round- up of research news from the Wellcome Trust community… Nationwide project paves way for clinical genetics diagnosis A major nationwide project to genetically diagnose rare...
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Wellcome Research Round-up: 26.01.15
Our fortnightly round-up of research news from the Wellcome Trust community… New insight into genetics of antimalarial drug resistance A global research collaboration has identified 20 mutations in the...
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It’s time to vote to fight mitochondrial disease
Niamh lost her battle with mitochondrial disease aged just four-and-a-half Pioneering work carried out at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research has led to the development of IVF...
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Another step forward on the journey towards mitochondrial donation
On Tuesday, MPs in the House of Commons voting overwhelmingly in support of mitochondrial donation – a new IVF technique that could allow families with mitochondrial disease to have healthy children....
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-Up: 09/02/2015
Our fortnightly round-up up of news from the Wellcome Trust community… Vaccination combats severe diarrhoea in Malawi Research published in Lancet Infectious Diseases has found that the introduction of...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-Up: 09/03/2015
Our fortnightly round-up of news from the Wellcome Trust community… New therapy developed to treat lung cancer Scientists have developed a new technique that uses gene therapy and stem cell therapy in...
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Image of the Week: Genetic map of the British Isles
Image courtesy of Stephen Leslie et al and Nature Legend: Map of the UK showing clustering of individuals based on genetics, and its striking relationship with geography. Each of the genetic clusters...
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Image of the Week: Endangered Mountain Gorilla
Our image of the week this week is of a young gorilla called Nyanjura, part of a small population of mountain gorillas from the Virunga volcanic mountain range in Africa. In 1981 the population size...
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Genome-editing research: not just a question for scientists
The Wellcome Trust is proud to support the development of cutting-edge science, but we are also aware of the importance ensuring that new technologies are used responsibly. The CRISPR-Cas9...
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What is genome editing and how does it work?
New scientific techniques are constantly being developed, and some of them have the potential to make a large impact on future research and have possible applications for health. One technique showing...
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