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18.02.2010
Researchers at the University of Freiburg are taking significant steps towards their goal of replacing damaged cartilage with newly cultivated tissue. With a clever trick, they have encouraged the body to produce new cartilage for itself.
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15.02.2010
To combat malaria, the parasite must be first understood in its entireity, thinks a group of scientists in Hamburg. This is why they have painstakingly created a database of all the 2500 proteins found in Plasmodium falciparum.
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26.01.2010
Flu viruses are extremely versatile, making them difficult to combat. Research by scientists in Berlin could point towards new approaches in the treatment of influenza.
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19.01.2010
In global cooperation, researchers have decoded the genome of the Chalcid wasp. In the genome of the parasitic insect, they found traces of an altogether different kind of freeloader.
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13.01.2010
Nearly one thousand bacterial genomes have been decoded to date. These only cover a tiny area of the entire bacterial family tree, however. A German-American researcher team is hoping to change this state of affairs. In a mammoth project, the genomes of 56 extremely different members of the bacterial world have been fully deciphered.
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11.01.2010
Changes in the genome are the engine of evolution. Researchers from Tübingen have made the first accurate measurements of how quickly mutations occur in the plant genome. The results are much quicker than was previously assumed.
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07.01.2010
A German-Spanish research team has fully characterised one of the world’s simplest living creatures. In the search for the fundamentals of life, they have concluded that simple does not necessarily mean simplistic.
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30.12.2009
Metastases can form in the brain even years after the successful treatment of a tumour-related disease. Munich researchers have now observed this previously unexplained process in real-time.
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23.12.2009
British scientists have created the world’s smallest snowman. And with this seasonal piece of news from the world of nanotechnology, we are off for a well-deserved holiday. We wish all our readers a Merry Christmas!
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19.12.2009
The genome of the grape variety Regent has been decoded. Because it is fungus-resistant, the researchers hope this will aid the breeding of new grape varieties.
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