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The West African-native Harlequin grasshopper uses plant toxins for its own defence. 02.03.2012

February

Guardian gene explains cancer development +++ Denisova Man: Complete genome on the Web +++ 27 million euros for French-German Research +++ The same gene for eyes and tactile sense +++ Plagiarism as defence: Insects use plant poisons +++ The antibody allies

Some 200 patients with heart disease are set to be treated in the ESPOIR study. 02.02.2012

January

Growing heart valve undergoes European testing +++ 8.8 million euros for Apogenix +++ New drugs against pestilence discovered +++ Flashing light for cheaper malaria drugs +++ German-Brazilian plant research laboratory in Jülich

Monocytes infected with HIV-1 (yellow-green) and non-infected monocytes (red). The cells originate from patients with the rare Aicardi-Goutières syndrome and were infected in cell culture. These cells do not have a functioning SAMHD1 and can therefore be infected by HIV-1. 02.01.2012

December

Gel combats Lyme disease infection +++ Agennix: 27.5 million euros for drug development +++ Helmholtz Virtual Institute for Biomaterials opens doors +++ Infant flu vaccine shows efficacy +++ HIV camouflage decrypted

Plaques, aggregations of linked amyloid protein fragments, are one of the telltale signs of Alzheimer's disease. 02.12.2011

November

Growth in experiments using transgenic animals +++ Viagra substance strengthens tumor rejection +++ Alzheimer's: Telltale proteins in the nose +++ Wilex on the antibody fast track +++ Equity Forum: Venture capital remains scarce

Wheat is one of the globally most important crops. New breeds are developed especially for better drought tolerance. 02.11.2011

October

LMU Munich plans 125 million-euro bio-research centre +++ Roche Kulmbach site closes its doors +++ German and French research centres to step up collaboration +++ Boehringer and University of Ulm establish BioCentre +++ Tiny proteins on the rack

In France, the cultivation of GM plants such as MON810 - corn has been suspended since 2007. 03.10.2011

September

ECJ challenges France's cultivation ban for GM crops +++ Biopharmaceuticals: less of a burden on health system than expected +++ Bayer to expand plant biotechnology arm +++ Bayer and TU Dortmund build model production line +++ Blood test detects serious diseases by the dozen

Grass ist a possible ressource for producing chemicals or energy. 02.09.2011

August

Alzheimer’s: Plaque-eating cells localised +++ Hairless mice shed light on MS +++ Acreage area increases for renewable resources +++ Small RNA molecule production elucidated +++ Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology begins work

Japanese researchers have grown a mouse tooth out of stem cells and implanted it in the mouth of a rodent. 04.08.2011

July

Kick off for the Helmholtz Association virtual institutes +++ Canadians to acquire Berlin-based microarray specialists Scienion +++ Cyanobacteria: Switch for energy storage discovered +++ Genetic engineering activists destroy experimental fields +++ Roche purchases mtm ­in Heidelberg for 130 million euros

The Headquarters of Qiagen in the town of Hilden in North Rine-Westphalia. 04.07.2011

June

Sanofi invests 30 million in cell culture production in Frankfurt +++ New draft of Genetic Engineering Act presented +++ Qiagen offers 70 million for diagnostics specialists Ipsogen +++ Guides for sprouting axons identified in the brain +++ Antibody brings in $85 million for Biotest 

The spike-moss "Selaginella moellendorffii" hasn't changed much over the past 340 million years and therefore enables a look back into the genetic past. 18.06.2011

May

Düsseldorf XCell-Center ordered to halt stem cell treatment +++ BMBF: 20 million euros for research into neglected diseases +++ Moss genome provides glimpse into 340 million years of plant evolution +++ Roofing ceremony for the Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Aging +++ Sugar-based vaccine effective against hospital germs 

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