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With the votes of the government faction of Social Democrats, Greens and the Left Party as well as with the Abstention from opposition, two requests passed the plenary yesterday. According to these applications, at Berlin's universities there have to be a reduction of animal use and an expansion of animal-free methods.

After years of discussion, the government approved a draft law on the so-called research allowance today. This means that tax support will be available for those small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in research and development.

Researchers from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin have discovered an important messenger substance in cell cultures which plays an important role during uncontrolled growth of Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of lymph gland cancer.