Special brew
Until recently the best cancer prevention advice has been: don't smoke, don't get fat, and cross your fingers. But a strange-tasting drink from South Africa could provide new hope, as Rory Carroll reports.
John Clark
Pioneering scientist whose entrepreneurial skills paved the way for Dolly the sheep.
Scientist raises £750,000 to develop weapon against MRSA
A businesswoman who became a scientist as a mature student has raised £750,000 to develop an idea that could become a weapon against the MRSA superbug, the bacteria that has caused concern in Britain's hospital wards because it cannot be countered by normal antibiotics.
Is there hope behind the stem cell hype?
Two scientists will be the first to clone human embryos in Britain. Ian Sample explains what's next.
Drug firms pressed to make child-friendly doses
Ministers yesterday began exerting pressure on drug companies to produce more child-friendly medicines.
Who am I?
Paul Bloom proposes biological foundations for the split between mind and body in Descartes' Baby.
Labour ‘fixing’ medical student intake
The Tories have accused the government of trying to "fix" the social class intake at some of Britain's top universities after it emerged that funding was being provided for medical students with lower than the standard minimum A-level grades.