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Scientists say a new computer model of the brain will increase their knowledge of disorders such as Parkinson's.

Some cases of obsessive compulsive disorder in children may be a result of an immune reaction following an infection, scientists believe.

A man is jailed for a 'sickening' attack on his mother, leaving her partly paralsyed and unable to leave hospital.

BBC News Online writer Ivan Noble, diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour in August, describes feeling fitter and getting down to some research.

A simple dye has suggested a way to stop an abnormal reaction in the brain which leads to a devastating disease.

A London hospital is to open an NHS clinic specialising in the treatment of people with the brain disease variant CJD.

A man who raped a terminally ill woman in her nursing home is jailed for three years - a sentence condemned by the victim's husband.

MPs are calling for the use of genetic tests by UK insurers to be suspended for at least two years.

For the first time, insurers are to be allowed to use genetic test results to identify people with hereditary illnesses.

All the rows and all the money spent in pursuing the human code for life will be well worth it if it fulfils even some of its medical promise.

Professor Susan Greenfield, director of the Royal Institution in London, outlines her vision of the future of science at a Downing Street lecture.

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