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08.12.2011
Researchers in Bonn have tracked down the causes of a rare movement disorder. In their work they have used skin cells that have been reprogrammed into nerve cells – so called induced pluripotent stem cells.
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16.11.2011
Although usually accustomed to success, the German teams went home empty-handed this year at the iGEM finals. The event is a serious but good-natured showdown in the field of synthetic biology.
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15.11.2011
Cell-based therapies and testing were big subjects at the World Conference on Regenerative Medicine in Leipzig. There was a positive mood among attendees – despite the recent court decision on stem cell patents in Europe.
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07.11.2011
The first 30-million-euro major project under the umbrella of the International Human Epigenome Project has now begun in Europe with the participation of German scientists.
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02.11.2011
Biotechnology plays a central role in two films currently showing in Germany: Steven Soderbergh's Contagion and Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In. To varying degrees, both are based on genuine research.
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17.10.2011
Since 2004, the iGEM competition has been a highlight for innovative students constructing new biological systems. Three German teams from Bielefeld, Munich, and Potsdam have now made it to the final round at the prestigious MIT university near Boston.
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30.09.2011
A crime involving genetically modified plants? A recent episode of the popular crime show Tatort was titled ‘Outcrossing’. The superintendents Ballauf and Schenk had to solve a case in the surroundings of the Cologne Genetic Engineering Institute.
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23.09.2011
A recent stem cell conference in Berlin saw researchers sharing their experiences and discussing the latest developments in the field. At this time, scientists are keen to decipher the essential ground state of embryonic stem cells. An artificially produced cellular all-rounder would be likely to have a very promising future in drug development.
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19.09.2011
Therapy is getting personal. At the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, two veteran geneticists recently gave their opinion on the most recent trend in medicine. Their advice to the audience: Don’t believe all the promises.
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01.09.2011
Scientists have long been working on the breeding of artificial organs. A serious challenge faced by scientists in the field is to supply the organs through tiny blood vessels with the necessary nutrients. Fraunhofer researchers have now succeeded in printing tiny, biocompatible tubes using a technique taken from mechanical engineering.
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