NOW that Christmas is over and New Year’s resolutions are still fresh in our minds why don’t we all decide to spend even a couple of extra hours a week having fun in the kitchen with all the family, cooking from scratch and saving money to boot.

STEM CELL researchers reacted with enthusiasm and some reservations to a report that scientists have found stem cells in amniotic fluid, a discovery that would allow them to sidestep the controversy over destroying embryos for research.

For the first time, US scientists have rebuilt a complex human organ, the bladder, using live tissue grown in the lab – a breakthrough that could hold exciting promise for one day regenerating ailing hearts and other organs.