Dr Marc Pellegrini (L), Dr Greg Ebert and colleagues have developed a new treatment for chronic hepatitis B infections that is entering clinical trials. Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

Lorraine Roberston with son Max, aged 12, who will be among the first UK patients to receive a medicine derived from the cannabis plant to treat his epilepsy condition. Dr. Richard Chin from the University of Edinburgh’s Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre (right) is helping to lead the study. (Credit: Jane Barlow Photography)