Animal farming is destroying the planet faster than any other pollution source. Plant-based meat substitutes may have arrived just in time to avert disaster

The discovery of stress granules and their role in neurodegenerative disease has opened up new possibilities for the treatment of ALS and Alzheimer’s disease, according to Aquinnah Pharmaceuticals

A Jordanian couple in Mexico has successfully given birth to a healthy child using a new three-parent method, pioneered by a US research team

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan launch Chan Zuckerberg Science to “cure, prevent or manage all disease”

Japan’s biggest pharmaceutical company sets its sights on foreign takeovers as it looks to bolster its position in the global drugs market

A new US-UK partnership of public and private bodies marks a global effort to tackle antibiotic resistance

Cancer-therapy companies are buying into the ever-growing market of immunology, developing drugs that could take the industry by storm

Drug developer ImmuPharma successfully raises £8.4m to fund final trial of breakthrough lupus treatment

Among the wars that blight the world, a quiet threat has risen that is more likely to send us back to the Dark Ages than anything else. We explore antibiotic resistance

Thanks to a long thread of research breakthroughs that continues to this day, diabetics now live long and healthy lives

Regulation has always struggled to keep pace with technology. Here are five of the biggest clashes between lawmen and innovators

From AIs replacing human surgeons to tiny robots that can be injected into the patient, robots are set to revolutionise healthcare