Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure.

The end of a "long nightmare" is in sight for the family of a chronically ill Hawkes Bay girl given a life-saving multiple organ transplant.

Mohamed Taranissi, the so-called 'bad boy of the fertility world' is still Britain's most successful IVF specialist.

Janie, one of the world's oldest chimps in captivity, may soon be sniffing through a modified inhaler to treat her worsening asthma.

It is not yet a panacea for all ills, but it is getting close.

Scientists this week announced the first pill to provide effective protection against Aids.

Drug-buying agency Pharmac is set to provide greater access to an expensive drug used to treat brain cancer.

A Glasgow man in his 60s has become the world's first person to receive injections of foetal stem cells.

Organs and bones were illegally harvested from the bodies of dead nuclear industry workers.

Household crowding is being partially blamed for NZ's high rate of acute rheumatic fever among children and teenagers.

NZ women have been warned to take care with painkillers during pregnancy, after a study found a link to potential fertility problems in baby boys.

The disease has begun to infect residents of the capital's densely populated tent cities, where more than a million people are still living.

A 57-year-old woman is believed to have become Australia's oldest mother after giving birth to twins last week.

The body's immune defences can destroy the common cold virus after it has invaded the inner sanctum of a human cell, scientists have found.