First reported success from research that aims to grow human tissue in large animals

Questions asked about price paid for Swiss group and spin-off of promising new drugs

Danish drugmaker hails neuroscience breakthrough in breaching the blood-brain barrier

A wave of disruption looms for the country’s flagship industries — cars and machines — from Silicon Valley innovation

More than one-third of differences between individuals down to genetics, study finds

Acrylamide formed by cooking starchy foods for long periods at high temperatures

The technology entrepreneur talks about challenging bureaucracy

Leader is to set out industrial policy focusing on ‘critical national infrastructure’

Silicon Valley fears vilification like bankers for prospering at expense of everyman

Billion-dollar programme aims to cut vaccine-development time from 12 years to one

Trump’s environmental agency nominee concedes that climate change is no hoax

Move comes weeks after South Korea said it would slap $854m fine on the company

Japanese scientists fool biometric security system with off-the-shelf camera

Trump has threatened new tariffs as semiconductor sector receives large subsidies

Promotion of private vehicles over buses and trains expected to make congestion worse

Rodents made to hunt and bite — or become placid — by switching neurons on or off

Powerful new apps are turning our phones into mobile medical clinics. Could this help solve the issue of rising healthcare costs?

Supporter says technology could provide 12% of UK electricity needs