End of infertility within a decade, say doctors

The end of infertility is within sight, scientists said yesterday, anticipating the possibility within a decade of solving the biggest remaining problem by growing new eggs and sperm from stem cells for people who can no longer produce them.

Invisible support

Universities are beginning to cope better with mental-health problems among students. Mark Gould reports.

Medical experts

Did you know that Britain has tried foundation hospitals before? Stephen Cook meets historians whose research could and should help us to learn health lessons from the past.

Hope in ovarian cancer battle

Scientists have identified a gene that seems to prevent ovarian cancer. They found that the gene was "switched off" in almost 90% of the ovarian tumours in their study.