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syringes

Health

How 'stem cell' clinics became a Wild West for dodgy treatments

Hundreds of clinics offering unregulated stem cell therapies have sprung up across the US and Australia thanks to lax oversight

Insight

Close-up of a human eye

Health

Blindness treatment will insert algae gene into people's eyes

News

Opioids that hit different brain target could be less addictive

Health

Opioids that hit different brain target could be less addictive

News

wound scanner

Technology

Wound scanner shows bacteria glowing if your body is infected

News

A box for transporting human tissue

Health

England’s shift to opt-out organ donation will save many lives

Comment

Anti-vaccination protest

Health

Anti-vax views must not derail France's compulsory vaccine law

Comment

Hospital

Health

A grim winter looms for UK hospitals but there's an easy cure

Comment

Brain scans

Health

Artificial embryonic stem cells tested in people for first time

News

Health

Digital drug tells your doctor when you've taken your medicine

News

A person with ME lying on the floor with a biohazard sticker on her. A green banner behind with ME Blood written on it.

Health

Blood cells in chronic fatigue syndrome are drained of energy

Cells from people with chronic fatigue syndrome fail to meet even modest energy demands, adding to evidence that the disease is physiological, not psychological

News

Life

A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one

News

Health

Inside the mind of the man who wants to transplant human heads

Features

Health

Artificial organs used in operations without approval for humans

News

Health

Kidney donors swap organs for transplant vouchers for loved ones

News