Investment in life

The world's first stem cell bank is now open. Stephen Minger is proud to be a contributor.

Black Death blamed on man, not rats

A new analysis of more than 100 plague epidemics which swept Europe for hundreds of years concludes that it was not spread by rodents running between villages and towns but by man himself.

Want to be slim? Cut your blood supply

Scientists have found a new way to make the obese slim again - by cutting off the blood supply to the layers of fat that are a health hazard for hundreds of millions of people.

Sleepless in academia

Student health, potty professors and weblogs. David Cohen trawls the web for the latest offbeat news in the world of international higher learning

The tissue issue

The human tissue bill has provoked anger but what specific science would be derailed? Kirsty Scott investigates