Most recent stories

• Gene therapy treats blindness

  This weekend two teams reported success in helping people to see again. Nature News catches up on the state of gene therapy trials against blindness.

  28 April 2008

• Blind mice see the light

  Protein from algae could one day be used in treatments for blindness.

  25 April 2008

• Brain makes decisions before you even know it

  Brain activity predicts decisions before they are consciously made.

  11 April 2008

• Botox toxin gets into rat brains

  Botilinum can travel along nerves and degrade proteins in the brain stem.

  01 April 2008

• Triumphs and tribulations for RNA interference

  Two studies highlight promise and problems for gene silencing technique.

  26 March 2008

• Mind-reading with a brain scan

  Brain activity can be decoded using magnetic resonance imaging.

  05 March 2008

• Perception coloured by language

  Babies see colour without interference from the brain's language centre.

  03 March 2008

• Chronic-pain treatment without side effects

  A common class of drug could be targeted to give better pain relief.

  16 January 2008

• Can weedkillers whack human parasites?

  A paper in Nature shows that herbicides can attack the parasite that causes the tropical disease toxoplasmosis. Kerri Smith explores the history of wielding weedkiller against human disease.

  09 January 2008

• Brain waves reveal intensity of pain

  Neural signal offers objective measure of subjective experience.

  14 November 2007