Annual Review 2004 - Wellcome Trust

RESOURCES15Human resources: meeting training and careerdevelopment needs of researchers.Physical resources: building suitable conditionsfor research.Wellcome-funded research fellowshave produced many excitingresearch discoveries this year.Articles here summarise twoexamples, both of which couldhave major medical implications:• Page 16: Huntington’s disease iscurrently untreatable but a study inmice has suggested a possible newtherapeutic approach;• Page 17: Small offspring often gothrough ‘catch-up’ growth – whichcould affect their long-term health.Historians have quite different resourceneeds from scientists:• Page 16: One danger is that sourcematerials literally disappear. A specialWellcome scheme is helping toensure that irreplaceable papersare secured for future generations;• Page 18: The Guildford ArchivingProject is ensuring that internaltobacco industry papers remainaccessible on the web, a valuableresource for anyone studyingindustry tactics and behaviour.Through the Joint Infrastructure Fundand Science Research InvestmentFund, two partnerships with theUK Government, the Wellcome Trustprovided £450 million to tackledeficiencies in the UK’s academicresearch infrastructure:• Page 18: Two internationallysignificant facilities opened in Oxfordthis year. They are not just a betterworking environment but are alsochanging the way scientists interactand conduct research.Finally, research itself generatesbiological resources. Sharing theseprovides a fillip for research:• Page 19: Genetic resources areaccelerating research on mousemodels and making the frogan even more useful tool.