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The Ludwigshafen-based chemicals corporation BASF and the US agricultural corporation Monsanto expand their cooperation to develop drought-tolerant wheat. 03.08.2010

July

BASF and Monsanto expand plant biotechnology alliance +++ Hamburg biotech company Evotec takes over Develogen +++ BMBF: High-Tech Strategy 2020 adopted +++ Vattenfall: Algae cultivation plant for CO2 recovery in operation +++ New anthrax pathogen detected

A Diamond DA 42 New Generation had its premiere with algaefuel at the ILA in Berlin. 02.07.2010

June

Cabinet approves second round of pharmaceutical reforms +++ Hepatitis viruses can now infect mice +++ Federal Constitutional Court reviews Genetic Engineering Act +++ Morphosys complements pipeline with in-licensing +++ Egyptian Minapharm acquires Probiogen in Berlin +++ World premiere at the ILA: Flying with algaefuel

A structural model of a bitter receptor. 02.06.2010

May

22 million euros for three new health regions +++ CureVac raises 27.6 million euros +++ Epigenetic switch paralyses learning ability in old age +++ Qiagen acquires rights to 70 food safety tests +++ Noxxon closes financing round with 33 million Euros +++  Tailor-made bitter blockers for more palatable medicines

Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease are associated with harmful protein deposits in the nerve cells of the brain. These deposits are the result of protein misfolding. 03.05.2010

April

Boehringer Ingelheim to invest 100 million in young biotech companies +++ Animal model developed for Parkinson's disease +++ German Biotechnology Days in Berlin +++ New Biotechnology Study for eastern Germany +++ Substance found in green tea renders harmless Alzheimer's plaques

A controversial patent for a gene sequence in the genome of dairy cows will remain valid for the time being. 01.04.2010

March

Gene sequence patent for high performance dairy cows confirmed +++ Micromet raises 70 million dollars on the capital market +++ Four life scientists awarded with 2010 Leibniz Award +++ Bacteria produce stable construction kit +++ Industry to allocate “No Genetic Engineering” label

Octapharma is planning to establish a production centre in Heidelberg. 01.03.2010

February

Green biobank in Freiburg puts mosses on ice +++ German-American regenerative medicine initiative launched +++ Qiagen developing cancer biomarkers +++ Targeted weapon in the battle against atherosclerosis +++ Swiss biotech company invests 20 million euros in Heidelberg

From 2013 onwards the breast cancer antibody Herceptin will be filled in syringes which can be applied by the patients themselves. 01.02.2010

January

Roche to build 57 million-euro Herceptin factory in Mannheim +++ BASF and KWS Saat cultivate new sugar beet +++ RNA fragments directly turn off genes +++ Bill Gates and Schavan agree on infectious diseases collaboration +++ Photosensitive gene sets zebrafish biological clock

Scientists at the Helmholtz Centre Munich have pinpointed new gene variants responsible for disturbances in the lipid metabolism. Pictured above are fat cells derived from stem cells. 03.01.2010

December

Genetic background of metabolic disturbances revealed +++ Stem cell chip highlights brain damage +++ 37 million euros for Protein Research Centre in Bochum +++ 70 million euros for research excellence in East Germany +++ Curetis AG brings in 18.5 million euros

Smiles for catalysis research: the new institute's director Notker Rösch, architect Reinhart Sänger, Bavarian science minister Wolfgang Heubisch, president of the TUM Wolfgang Herrmann and the mayor of Garching, Hannelore Gabor 02.09.2009

September

One cell suffices for human stem cells +++ Green genetic engineering swirls up election campaign +++ Qiagen in 30 million-euro expansion in Hilden +++ Green genetic engineering: Politics promotes "No GM"; Industry wants the opposite +++ Success and disappointment with generic biotech drugs +++ Drug resistant fish provide genetic set for anti-addictive +++ 57 million euros for Munich catalysis centre

Berlin researchers have identified the genetic fingerprint for colorectal cancer. Here the tumor cells are bonded. 03.08.2009

July

Micromet pulls in 50 million euros on the money market +++ Colorectal cancer: Genetic fingerprint for metastasis identified +++ Independent development for versatile testicular stem cells +++ German Federal states invest millions in biotechnology +++ EMEA halts the march of Merck's Erbitux +++ Target for new antibiotics discovered

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