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Image of the Week: Children
This Sunday (1 December) is World AIDS Day. The simple image above is one of a series of drawings on Wellcome Images by artist Stevie Taylor, capturing the iconic status of the red ribbon that has...
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Reviving an old drug to block malaria transmission
Malaria is spread from humans to mosquitoes when the parasite is in its gametocyte form An antimalarial drug that does nothing to help patients’ symptoms may yet be the key to stopping malaria. Dr Chi...
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Mapping a decade of malaria prevalence in Africa
Maps tell stories. These can be stories of exploration and discovery, of politics and conflict, of imagination and art, and of science. The maps above are evidence-based representations of malaria...
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Gene mutation allows tracking of insecticide resistance in mosquitoes
Africa accounts for 85% of malaria cases and 90% of malaria deaths worldwide. Control strategies rely heavily on insecticide-based interventions such as Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) and Long Lasting...
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Populations within populations: drug resistance and malaria control
This week the winners of the Access to Understanding competition were announced at an event celebrating communication of scientific research. Competition entrants were challenged to take a cutting-edge...
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Image of the Week: WTCMP researchers visit Kilifi
This Image of the Week comes courtesy of Wellcome Trust researcher Professor Andy Waters Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology (WTCMP) that participates in the Wellcome...
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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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Wellcome Trust Research Round-up
The Wellcome Trust research round-up brings you news from our research community every fortnight. Young male smokers could have fatter sons Men who start smoking in their childhood could be more likely...
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Image of the Week: World Malaria Day 2014
To mark World Malaria Day, our image of the week shows blood samples taken from villagers on the Thailand-Myanmar border before they go under the microscope to be examined for signs of the malaria...
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Wellcome Research Round-Up 23/06/14
Our fortnightly round-up of stories from the Wellcome Trust research community… Achilles’ heel in drug-resistant bacteria A weakness in the outer membrane of bacteria has been identified by researchers...
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Will Wolbachia help defeat dengue?
One of the Wellcome Trust’s areas of focus for research funding is combatting infectious disease. We have recently agreed a strategic award of over £7.5 million to continue development of an...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-up: 21/07/14
Our fortnightly round-up of news from the Wellcome community.. Same genes drive maths and reading ability Around half of the genes that influence how well a child can read also play a role in their...
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Image of the Week: Aspergillus fumigatus
The image above is an artistic impression of a microscopic view of the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus, a common organism in the environment typically found in compost heaps and decaying vegetation. The...
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We must learn lessons from this Ebola outbreak
The current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is the worst since the virus was first identified in 1976. Wellcome Trust Director Dr Jeremy Farrar, explains why we mustn’t underestimate the huge...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-Up: 4/8/14
Our fortnightly look at research from around the Wellcome Trust community… 8.2% of our DNA is ‘functional’ Only 8.2% of human DNA is likely to be doing something important – or ‘functional’ – say...
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Experimental Medicine in a Time of Ebola
This Zairian nurse was prepared to enter the Ebola VHF isolation ward during the a 1995 outbreak in Kikwit, Zaire. As the deadly outbreak of Ebola in West Africa continues to claim lives, Wellcome...
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Estimating how many people need treatment during an Ebola outbreak
Today the Wellcome Trust has announced a multi-million pound funding package to support research during the current Ebola epidemic in West Africa. There’s no sign of an end to the outbreak and many...
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Researcher Spotlight: Dr Faith Osier
Dr Faith Hope Among’in Osier is a Clinical Research Fellow and Group leader at the KEMRI-Wellcome Research Institute in Kenya. She holds a Wellcome Trust Intermediate Fellowship in Public Health and...
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Researcher Spotlight: Professor Mike Barrett
Mike Barrett is Professor of Biochemical Parasitology and Director of Glasgow Polyomics and a member of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology at the University of Glasgow. His work...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-up: 15/09/14
Our fortnightly round-up of research news from the Wellcome Trust community… Risk of Ebola emergence mapped A new map identifies areas where animals are likely to be infected with the Ebola virus. The...
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