Anti-HIV drug made by GM plants begins trials in humans
The antiviral was manufactured in GM tobacco with a view to using the same technique to slash the cost of other life-saving drugs in the developing world
Charlie Brooks’s kriotherapy leaves me cold
Martin Robbins: The evidence to support a freeze-treatment service at health spa Champneys is unsurprisingly underwhelming
Pioneering prosthetics
In this fascinating video, Professor Gordon Blunn discusses his groundbreaking prosthetic implants that give amputee humans and animals improved mobility
Who wouldn’t want to take the sting out of painful memories?
Research suggests a simple way to neutralise memories that evoke fear, but perhaps it is by learning to cope with life's random tragedies that we develop as humans?
Birth defects linked for first time to smoking in pregnancy
Clubfoot and missing limbs among malformations in newborns proven to be associated with expectant mothers who smoke
Sedentary lifestyle can lead to pulmonary embolism, study finds
Survey of 70,000 nurses shows those who choose sofa over exercise after work more likely to get blood clots on lungs
Ben Goldacre’s study of dietary news should be taken with a pinch of salt
James Randerson: Research claiming that up to 72% of dietary health claims reported in UK newspapers are based on flimsy evidence is itself unreliable
High doses of IVF drugs may cause harm to eggs
Research shows eggs of women over 35 who take increased hormonal medication have higher proportion of chromosomal abnormalities
Cervical cancer vaccine a success, says Lancet report
Australian study of injection to protect against HPV virus reveals drop in high-grade abnormalities among under-18s
Link found between stillbirth and sleeping position in pregnancy
Risk of stillbirth for women sleeping on left on night before birth is half that for those who sleep in other positions, study shows