Hundreds of planned sheltered accommodation units have been delayed or scrapped owing to proposed cuts to housing benefit, the BBC learns.

Custom-made, living body parts have been 3D-printed in an important advance for regenerative medicine, say scientists.

A therapy that retrains the body's immune system to fight cancer has provoked excitement after more than 90% of terminally ill patients entered remission.

The World Health Organization backs trials of genetically-modified mosquitoes that could be used in the fight against the Zika virus.

TED Fellow Keolu Fox has been describing his hopes to include indigenous groups in future gene testing.

England and Wales have seen the biggest jump in the number of deaths a year for a whole generation, a public health expert suggests.