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Researchers have decoded the biochemical mystery of the bone’s greenish colour. 29.04.2013

April

Body fat: On/off switch for energy saving mode +++ Roche to close down Applied Science +++ Giant merger in the lab market +++ The green secret of garfish bones
Finding the heart through the nose – the mixture of MHC molecules in the body odours of animals has a significant influence on the choice of partner. 28.03.2013

March

Choice of mate influenced by odour-creating molecules +++ Roche invests €200 million in Penzberg +++ Berlin launch for ‘Ideen 2020’ exhibition +++ New Internet portal for European health research
In horses, the gene LCORL influences whether they will grow to be large steeds or remain small ponies. 28.02.2013

Febuary

Commissioned study: More spray for GM crops +++ PGD: Federal Council approves regulation +++ Gene influences horse size +++ Qiagen and Lilly form diagnostics alliance +++ Heart tissue cultured from unfertilised egg cells
Contrary to popular belief, the neutrophil granulocytes (red) cannot leak into the brain tissue from blood vessels (green) following a stroke. 31.01.2013

January

ERC funding for 21 top researchers in Germany +++ Strokes: Damaging immune cells trapped +++ Gene influences stress-related alcoholism +++ Penicillin fungus also reproduces through sex
The head of zebrafish with fluorescent marked yellow nerve fibres. The mitochondria in the nerve fibres are coloured blue, while the eyes of the fish and some key cells glow red. 31.12.2012

December

Federal government increases 2013 research budget +++ ‘MitoFish’ provide insights for Alzheimer's research +++ Approval for Bremen monkey experiments +++ EU Parliament gives green light to uniform patent
The hydra is being studied for its ‘immortality’. The animal is about one centimetre tall. 30.11.2012

November

Bayer to expand presence in Russia +++ New means of combating hepatitis C +++ Stem cell gene renders Hydra immortal +++ Geneticists defend prenatal screening for trisomy 21 +++ Sentinel cells newly formed in the immune system
Bonobo chimpanzees are a popular model organism. 31.10.2012

October

Norovirus outbreak: Frozen strawberries triggered epidemic +++ Aicuris: Over €400 million for drug license +++ Researchers propose Europe-wide monitoring for transgenic plants +++ European Patent Office grants three patents for GM chimpanzees +++ Nobel laureates warn against EU research budget cuts
Biotech pioneer Craig Venter has purchased the Febit patents. 30.09.2012

September

Switzerland: GMO moratorium under scrutiny +++ The Denisova people: little genetic diversity +++ Bayer seeks FDA approval for cancer drug +++ Biotech visionary Craig Venter acquires Febit patents +++ 4SC: Positive clinical trial data for epigenetic cancer drug
The parasitic lampreys feed on the blood and bodily fluids of their hosts. 31.08.2012

August

European Patent Office refuses livestock Patent+++ Why peppers don’t ripen +++ Micro-copier for DNA +++ Lampreys pass on genes to host +++ Myriad defends gene patents
In artificially induced algal bloom, large amounts of carbon sinks to the ocean floor and is stored in the deep-sea sediments. 30.07.2012

July

Epigenetic changes regulate cancer cell development +++ Bayer acquires AgraQuest +++ LifeCodexx:Opinion against Trisomy 21 test +++ Successful iron fertilisation in the Antarctic Ocean +++ Soil decontamination:Fungal pipeline transports pollutants
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