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05.02.2010
The Genetic Diagnostics Act, which defines strict limits for genetic examinations and is aimed at preventing misuse, has been in force since 1 February.
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15.09.2009
The federal government wants to encourage the use of renewable resources. A plan of action has now been agreed upon, above all aimed at biomass recycling.
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18.08.2009
Advanced therapies, i.e. treatments that make use of human cells, genes and tissues, are generally thought to carry great potential. The EU has now drafted a regulation that is aimed at providing assistance to small companies that might otherwise shrink away from the requirements of centralised approval.
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05.08.2009
Germany has placed an order for the vaccine against Swine flu with the British pharma company GlaxoSmithKline. The production of for the 50 million required doses takes place in Dresden.
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24.06.2009
After months of back and forth, an 18-billion investment program for science is going ahead, representing record federation and state funding for education and research.
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08.05.2009
The planned 18-billion investment program for German science is likely to be voted through before the coming national elections. Minister for Research Annette Schavan announced the plans during the congress for the High-tech Strategy on 6 May in Berlin.
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29.04.2009
Expedition Future has been launched. The 300 metre long “exhibition train” will be travelling across Germany in the coming months, to reveal and demonstrate what science has in store for us.
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14.04.2009
The genetically modified maize MON810 is no longer permitted to be grown and traded in Germany. Federal Agricultural Minister Ilse Aigner (CSU) justified the ban on the grounds of the "danger to the environment," posed by the GM plant.
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09.03.2009
For scientists the German Culture Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ) in Brunswick is a treasure trove: Here, they can order biological material from a catalogue. Now the DSMZ is the seat of an international network made up of a number of similar national and international collections.
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08.12.2008
The Budget Committee of the German Federal Government has approved the largest ever budget for the Federal Ministry of Research and Education: More than ten billion euros for 2009. From this, around 3.5 billion euros have been allocated to project funding, with a total of 430 million euros reserved for the life sciences.
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