The United Kingdom has become the first country to officially authorise the clinical use of mitochondrial donation IVF to enable healthy babies to be born to women carrying deadly mitochondrial disease. [ + ]

South Australian researchers are leading an international effort to determine how our genetic make-up affects our responses to stressful situations and the likelihood that this will lead to major depressive disorder (MDD). [ + ]

Scientists have discovered that cool jets of plasma stimulate cells in the bodies of mice, helping to close wounds or kill tumours. [ + ]

Christmas is the time of year where families get together to indulge in excessively large meals, before lying around for hours on end in a fuzzy-headed stupor. But have you ever wondered about the exact cause of the infamous 'food coma'? [ + ]

Flinders University researchers have questioned the traditionally held belief that we vertebrates descended from the archaic armoured jawed fish known as placoderms. [ + ]

Researchers from Monash University have wasted no time getting into the spirit of summer, releasing two separate stories with a distinctly sea-flavoured theme to them. [ + ]

It may sound like something from the plot of a Johnny Depp movie, but overcooked vegetables have been identified as the primary culprit behind a recent Australian outbreak of scurvy! [ + ]

Australian and Norwegian scientists have developed the first general principles on the impact dietary balance plays on microbiota, helping us predict the ideal diet for optimal gut health. [ + ]

A research team led by Okayama University has discovered the gene mutation and enzyme that determine whether the dormancy of barley is long (better for food crops) or short (better for beer-making). [ + ]

Our ability to know where our limbs are in space is important for making accurate movements. [ + ]

Researchers in Melbourne have determined the mechanism which explains our addiction to salty foods and this research may even be able to help us curb other addictions. [ + ]

By targeting previously unappreciated drug recognition sites in the body, a new class of medicine is on the horizon that will effectively treat chronic conditions while being selective enough to eliminate side effects. [ + ]

Many doctors hold an outdated view that immunity is naturally reduced in pregnancy. So they infer it's acceptable to suppress the immune system by medication. [ + ]

As Homo sapiens migrated out of Africa, tens of thousands of years ago, many members of the species interbred with Neanderthals and Denisovans along the way. But what sort of effect has this interbreeding had on the DNA of modern humans? [ + ]

Russell Urquhart looks at how the European Standard EN 14470-1 compares to those governing storage cabinets in Australia and how Australian consultants are using a risk-based alternative approach to the storage of hazardous products in laboratories and other facilities. [ + ]