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

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

ERC funding for 21 top researchers in Germany +++ Strokes: Damaging immune cells trapped +++ Gene influences stress-related alcoholism +++ Penicillin fungus also reproduces through sex

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

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

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

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