Cancer research goes 3D
3D cell cultures may help understand the disease better
Animal sacrifice
150 million animals are killed for research worldwide. Do humans really benefit?
The phoenix act
Indian vulture populations stabilise after six years of ban on diclofenac; scientists still wary
Chemistry Nobel for discovery of receptors that help cells respond
American scientists Robert J Lefkowitz and Brian K Kobilka get recognition
The path popped pills tread
Only 15 per cent of drugs are degraded by sewage plants
The thalidomide story explained
How a drug prescribed for nausea in pregnant women led to severe limb defects in their babies
Diabetes plan staggers
National programme to combat the disease is inadequate