Medicine

Charles ffrench-Constant on a new wave of drugs which could help the body heal itself.

An old antidepressant has unexpected anticancer properties, but no-one is developing it.

As antibiotic resistance increases, Dr Stuart Flanagan investigates what the future holds.

Can plants and animals inspire a new generation of medicine? Alice Roberts reports.

Richard Hollingham asks if legislation to control nanoparticles is adequate.

Is a new personalised drug for skin cancer set to revolutionise cancer medicine?

Geoff Watts looks past failures and future hopes for vaccine development.

Louis meets parents who have turned to medication to keep their children under control.

Justin Webb, goes on a personal journey in search of the cure for childhood diabetes. Justin explores what the future holds for his son Sam, and for the millions of children around the world who are suffering from type 1 diabetes - a silent killer.

Sue MacGregor brings together a group of people to tell the story of Thalidomide.

Claudia Hammond follows Janey Antoniou, a woman who hears constant voices in her head.

Graham Easton reveals why medicines for children lag behind adults.

Philip Ball takes a look at a new wave of medical inventions.

Dr Raj Persaud explores the history of madnesses linked to the moon.

Connie St Louis investigates ethnic marketing in the pharmaceutical industry.

Peter Day visits Washington DC to see whether the regulators will licence an HIV-Aids drug

Peter Evans investigates the current state of stem cell research.

Writer Frances Cairncross nominates the forgotten hero of medicine Ignaz Semmelweis.

Peter Evans looks at the microscopic attachments that have suddenly taken centre stage.

How mobile phone messaging is helping treat the bed-bound

Sue Lawley's castaway is Nobel Prize-winning scientist Professor Baruch Blumberg

Charles Gilks, Alan Whiteside and Beatrice Were take part in this panel discussion