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Tastes Like Sugar: Artificial Sweetners
Successful artificial sweetners must replace both taste and bulk of sugar in our diets

Cochlear Implants helping Children to hear
Remarkable results for cochlear implants in deaf children

The Cost of underestimating Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia research centre opened in Oxford by Prince of Wales

Hormones and Depression in Premenstrual Syndrome
How oestrogen levels affect seratonin levels in premenstrual syndrome

Lessons from the Spider's Web
The biophysics of the spider's web and the secrets of it's stopping power

Do Power Lines affect our Health?
Power workers' occupational study shows increase in brain cancers but not leukemia

Gene Therapy Research for Cystic Fibrosis
Delivering gene therapy for cystic fibrosis as a nasal spray

Quiz of the Year
Teams compete to answer questions on the year's scientific breakthroughs

Bad News for Ex-Smokers
New figures for lung cancer in non-smokers shows defered risk

Turning on the Immune System Again
New way to turn immune system back on and restore sensitivity to antigens