Proving it could be more help than pest, the cockroach could hold the answer to increased fertility problems in women who put off having children, scientists announced today.
James Watson, the biologist who won a Nobel Prize for unravelling the secrets of DNA with Francis Crick in 1953, has launched a scathing attack on Britain for its 'piss poor' approach to stem cell research.
Scientists are developing artificial wombs, sperm and eggs - but will this lead to reproduction in a dish? David Adam looks for the first synthetic human.