Working with scientists in the UK, France, the USA and the Netherlands, Professor Jonathan Heeney from the Laboratory of Viral Zoonotics has demonstrated a way of overcoming one of the major stumbling blocks that has prevented the development of a vaccine against HIV. The difficulty hitherto has been the ability to generate immune cells that stay in circulation long enough to respond to and stop virus infection.

A new app gives UK residents the chance to get involved in an ambitious, ground-breaking science experiment that could save lives.

Do you want to play a vital role in the UK’s research and innovation system and a key part in creating a new, ground-breaking organisation? UK Research and Innovation is a new organisation that, from 1 April 2018, will bring together the seven Research Councils, Innovate UK and Research England. UKRI intends to be an outstanding organisation that ensures the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.

The cross-government Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) has the potential to help address major global development challenges, but risks being spread too thinly to achieve transformative results, a new Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) review has found.