Light at the end of the tunnel …
Unlocking the human genome opened a door to ending disease, scientists claimed four years ago. David Adam asks what, if any, progress has been made so far.
Open your mind
Critics say Chinese biology and medicine are uncontrolled - a sort of 'wild east'. After witnessing a bizarre operation on a drug addict's brain, David Adam is inclined to agree.
Animal rights protests barred
Injunction stops demonstrators approaching Oxford research lab.
Cure is more than skin deep
Medicine exploits genetic variations, not crude differences, writes David Adam.
Stem cell treatment offers hope for cardiac patients
Material could be gathered from someone's own heart, multiplied in the laboratory and used for repair and regeneration.