Warning over human tissue
Fear that new bill could hamper medical research.
Obesity research starved
A shortage of research funds is crippling attempts to find a cure for obesity, a leading scientist said yesterday.
Anti-stroke drug eases Alzheimer’s
People with Alzheimer's disease may benefit from taking a popular cholesterol-lowering medication.
Immunity is everything
The supposed need to boost our bodies' defences is the defining illness of our age, writes Vivienne Parry.
Blink and you live
Doctors have found a twilight state that blurs the distinction between life and death. Laura Spinney on how rare glimpses of sentience can now save coma patients.
UK firm tried HIV drug on orphans
GlaxoSmithKline embroiled in scandal in which babies and children were allegedly used as ‘laboratory animals’.
It’s life, but not as God planned it
Attempts to create synthetic life in a laboratory are no longer science fiction. David Adam and Ian Sample report.