Scientists sidestep stem cell dispute
New hope of making human tissue without creating more embryos.
University professor pins hope on drug to fight MRSA
Smaller companies and academics plug the research gap.
Teenage kicks
At school, novelist Emily Maguire wanted to be told her desires were normal. But sex education let her down - and today's adolescents still get a raw deal.
Wake-up call
Leader: Yesterday's report in Chest, the journal of the American College of Chest Physicians, casts rare light on a phenomenon that has caused tensions between married couples and partners all over the world for centuries without a proper cure ever being found.
The dyslexic novelist
Sally Gardner changed her name because she couldn't spell it. So how does she manage to write novels? By Polly Curtis.
Maternity rights for student nurses edge closer
The government is in talks with the nursing unions to agree a deal for maternity leave for nursing and midwifery students.