Dr Yasser Khan, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC), is leading groundbreaking research in AI-enabled medical devices. His latest innovation? A GPS-like ingestible smart pill that could revolutionise how we understand the gut-brain connection.

Eight-day-old twin girls who were joined at the liver and chest are successfully separated by doctors in Switzerland.

The venom of a wasp native to Brazil could be used as a weapon to fight cancer, scientists believe.

The sperm of all 18-year-olds should be frozen for use in later life because of the risks attached with being an older father, a UK bioethicist argues.