26 JUN. 2024 · Work led by the Academic Programmes team at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, in collaboration with Wellcome, concluded that early career faculty positions needed to be longer. These posts have now been extended from six to eight years, to fulfil the science at scale happening at the Sanger Institute.

19 JUN. 2024 · Using single-cell sequencing technology, researchers provide the most comprehensive timeline to date of how the body responds to SARS-CoV-2 exposure. Scientists have discovered novel immune responses that help explain how some individuals avoid getting COVID-19. Using single-cell sequencing, researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, University College London (UCL), Imperial College London, the Netherlands Cancer Institute and their collaborators, studied immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthy adult volunteers, as part of the world's first COVID-19 human challenge study. Not all exposed participants went on to develop a COVID-19 infection, allowing the team to uncover unique immune responses associated with resisting sustained viral infection and disease.

18 JUN. 2024 · New research uncovers how different people respond to sepsis based on their genetic makeup, which could help identify who would benefit from certain treatments and lead to the development of targeted therapies. The team, from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Oxford, and collaborators, built on their previous work that identified different subgroups of patients with sepsis. They aimed to understand more about why sepsis response varies between patients and the different underlying immune response pathways.

14 JUN. 2024 · Understanding how ecosystems have adapted to historical climate shifts over millions of years could help breed crops capable of withstanding future environmental changes.

14 JUN. 2024 · Emma Davenport’s team aims to help develop more personalised treatments by combining functional genomics data with clinical information. Here, Emma explains how her career has evolved and shares her experience as a female faculty member at the Wellcome Sanger Institute.

30 MAY. 2024 · Researchers have identified the genetic basis behind certain severe immunodeficiencies in newborns, paving the way for potential screening and emerging therapies