Health and medicine

• Boosting 'good' fat to burn off the bad

  Origins of calorie-sizzling fat cells uncovered in mice.

  20 August 2008

• Unproven stem-cell therapy ban

  Bulgarian deputy minister quits over controversial treatment.

  20 August 2008

• Remembrance of viruses past

  Long-lived survivors of the 1918 flu pandemic may hold the key to defeating future outbreaks.

  18 August 2008

• One-sided gene action boosts cancer risk - Premium content

  Colorectal study points to genetic susceptibility.

  14 August 2008

• Report finds grave flaws in urology trial - Premium content

  Scandal erupts at Austrian medical school.

  14 August 2008

• San Francisco's biotech hub gets lift from Pfizer deal - Premium content

  13 August 2008

• FDA further tightens conflict of interest policies - Premium content

  13 August 2008

• The AIDS fight: looking ahead to 2010 - Premium content

  Nine leaders give Nature their view.

  8 August 2008

• RNA tackles HIV - Premium content

  Antibodies help to deliver interfering RNA sequences to immune-system cells.

  7 August 2008

• Ten diseases in a dish - Premium content

  Disease-specific cell lines will help the study and treatment of medical conditions.

  7 August 2008