Seeing the light

Gender and direction

Men and women use different parts of their brain for navigation

Final solutions

Scientists are using the DNA as a computer to solve complex problems

Queer cure

Unconventional, alternative therapies are now being put to test in USA

Cancerous gene

Road 'sense'

Pain relief

Heart matters

A new drug that improves the survival of diabetics with heart problems

Cultured eyes

Successfully 'hand'led

Catch 22

Virus scan

A new, cancer screening technique developed

Drug-resistant HIV

Anti-HIV drugs could soon fail

Great survivor

Right division

A cell tracks its chromosomes in order to split

A heart condition

Sticking the fungus way

Baker's yeast offers clue to how biofilms stick on medical implants

Aiding aids

Treat early treat hard

An early and intensive treatment for HIV can be an effective way to combat AIDS

Judgement bay

We now know the neurons that help the brain recognise errors of judgement

Losing count

Sperm density is reducing in the US and Europe, says a new analysis of 101 studies

Malaria

Breakthroughs in malaria research may well go the way of the other 'diseases of the poor'

Spare the subject

Alternatives to keep animals away from scientific research labs

Infanticide

Soya-based infant formula damages kids' immune system

Skinned at last

Gene mutation resulting in skin cancer identified