In a world first, scientists have inserted DNA from the extinct Tasmanian tiger into a mouse and observed a biological function from the ressurected gene.

Many parents give their children cough medicines meant for older children, despite their being potentially dangerous and not shown to be effective, research has shown.

Researchers are a step closer to locating the melanoma gene that doubles a person's risk of skin cancer, after narrowing it down to a single chromosomal region.

Scientists have used DNA fingerprinting to find which embryos are successful after IVF, taking some of the guess work out of the previously random process.

Australia needs to think prevention - not just cure - in order to fight emerging epidemics, argues Todd Harper.

Researchers have discovered that the strange looking mantis shrimp has unique polarised vision that allows it to see a world invisible to all other animals.

Scientists have discovered the resident stem cell in the part of the brain that stores memories, and have found out how to activate it to produce new neurons.

Researchers have discovered that an adenosine receptor plays a major role in the regulation of herion addictions, providing hope for new treatments.

The oral diabetes drug, used as an alternative to insulin injections, has been found to be both safe and effective for pregnant women.

A gene has been found responsible for an uncommon condition causing epilepsy and mental reterdation and only experienced by females.

Women in Australia have one of the lowest death rates as a result of pregnancy or its management in the world, according to a report.

Up to 3000 new cases of asthma per year in Australia are triggered by exposure in workplaces to any of 300-400 agents, including coffee bean dust and solder flux.

The dangerous venom found in male platypus spurs could potentially be valuable in pain relief and antibiotic medication, according to research.

The release of the internationally awaited platypus genome could have been a triumph of Australian science, but Professor Jenny Graves and Dr Sue Forrest question whether the country can really claim the glory.

Researchers have revealed how proteins are able to puncture a cell's power supply, the mitochnodria, triggering cell death that can prevent tumour growth.