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Malaria

Animated graphic

“From scent to nerve impulse: how mosquitoes smell”

Roll Black Malaria

The Roll Back Malaria Partnership's activities include partnerships to combat malaria. Here it provides further information about the disease.

Travel information

On the Interactive Travel and Health Map, travelers can find information about yellow fever and malaria outbreaks, immunization and risk avoidance.

Tropical diseases

The website of the World Health Organization (WHO) provides information on malaria and facts and statistics about tropical diseases.

Malaria

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide background materials on medical treatment for malaria, travel information and malaria facts.

Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize website explains clearly how the human sense of smell works and provides details about Professor Richard Axel, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Sense of smell

The research reports of the Max Planck Society describe how smells are perceived.

Personalized medicine against cancer

Multimedia version

with audio image gallery and animated graphics

Economic data

The Boston Consulting Group report "“Medical Biotechnology in Germany 2011" deals with economic data and the benefits of personalized medicine.

Global cancer database

The International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization (WHO), has collected prevalence and mortality figures for various types of cancer in its global cancer database, GLOBOCAN 2008.

Personalized Medicine Coalition

The Personalized Medicine Coalition, a group of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostics and IT companies, academic institutions and government agencies, promotes the debate on the implementation of personalized medicine.

Medicines

An overview of available drugs and their biomarker tests is available at:

Diagnostic tests

Alberto Gutierrez, Director of the Office of In Vitro Diagnostics at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, talks in an interview on diagnostic tests and personalized medicine.

Genetic variations

A detailed report from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, also on personalized medicine.

Biomarkers

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, U.S. National Institutes of Health, provides information about biomarkers and their significance for personalized medicine.

Innovative Medicines Initiative

Europe's largest public-private partnership in the field of medicine, with videos and other information about advances and current projects.

Colon cancer

A compilation by the U.S. National Cancer Institute provides information about the treatment of colon cancer.

Singapur Biopolis

Two videos provide information about the concept behind the biomedical research center.

Cancer research in Singapore

The Cancer Science Institute (CSI) Singapore provides an insight into its work.

Bayer cooperation partners

The Director of the Investigational Medicine Unit (IMU) of the National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore, is one of Bayer's cooperation partners.

Essay Professor Angela Brand

European Centre for Public Health Genomics

Angela Brand has brought together further information about the European Center for Public Health Genomics (ECPHG) and herself on her own website.

Public Health Genomics European Network

The website of the Public Health Genomics European Network (PHGEN) provides information about the work of the European Network.

Genetic patient profiles

Podcasts on the U.S. National Office of Public Health Genomics, with information related to genetic patient profiles.

Human Genome Organisation

The Human Genome Organisation, based in Singapore, reports on current research developments in genomics.

HapMap Project

The international HapMap project aims to describe patterns of human genetic variation.

Virtual Me

The IT Future of Medicine project shows how the effects of medicines or foods can be simulated on a human image on a computer.

Hansen Family Award

Video portrait

The Körber Foundation has created a video portrait of Stefan W. Hell.

Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry

More information on Hell's research from the website of the Director of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry.

Optical nanoscopy

Information about Hell's work in the Department of Optical Nanoscopy from the website of the German Cancer Research Center.

Interview - Deutscher Zukunftspreis (Federal President’s prize for achievements in technology and innovation)

Stefan W. Hell gave this interview in connection with the Deutscher Zukunftspreis.

Main research areas

On the website of the German Research Society (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG), there is a description of Hell's main areas of research.

Formulation technology

Galen

The National Institutes of Health on the Greek physician Galen.

Variety of dosage forms

An overview of various dosage forms from the information service of the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG).

Portrait Dr. Xin Ma

Tsinghua University

The University's own website provides information about research at the renowned Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

General Hospital of the People`s Liberation Army

Another Bayer cooperation partner in Asia, the General Hospital of the People`s Liberation Army, provides information for interested readers on its current research projects.

Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Readers interested in learning about cooperation projects in the field of chemical synthesis can take a look at the website of the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry.

Career programs at the Max Planck Society

The internationally renowned Max Planck Society still offers career programs for young scientists.

Dalian University of Technology

Xin Ma laid the foundations for her career as a chemist and research manager during her years of study at the Dalian University of Technology.

Pediatrics

Pediatric testing concepts

More information about the work of the European Medicines Agency and pediatric testing concepts.

Health advice

The information website of the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) provides advice for mothers and fathers of sick children.

Clinical trials

The World Health Organization (WHO) provides information about clinical trials in children and their ethical implications.

Drug manufacture

Batch und Continuous Processing

This educational sequence from the BBC briefly explains the differences between batch and continuous processing.

Quality control

The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) develops standards for the manufacture and quality control of medicines in the interests of public health.

Good manufacturing practices

The World Health Organization (WHO) has brought together information on the GMP guidelines for quality assurance of manufacturing processes for medicines and active ingredients.

Spectroscopy

internetchemistry.com brings together the basic principles of spectroscopy and the various spectography methods.

Bioreactor

There are many variants of these vessels containing specially produced micro-organisms or cells - and they go back a long way.

Seismic wallpaper

Earthquake map

This site provides an earthquake map.

Video of seismic wallpaper

A video (in German) on wall coverings for earthquake protection from the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, featuring academics from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Geosciences

The website of the U.S. Geological Survey provides detailed information about earthquakes, ranging from learning materials for children to a real-time world map showing earthquakes as they happen.

Green shoe

Renewable raw materials

This European Environment Agency working paper deals with the use of renewable raw materials, with a special emphasis on the chemical industry.

Bioeconomy

An EU report on the significance and challenges of using plants for food, fuel and consumer goods.

Raw materials of the future

This study by the Association of German Engineers (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure - VDI) gives an overview of the many uses of biomass in the chemical industry.

Electric mobility

Animated graphic

The future of travel is electric

Electric vehicle technology

This information site gives a simple, easy-to-understand explanation of electric vehicle technology, from batteries to the various types of electric vehicle.

Electric vehicle news

This website provides the latest news about electric vehicles.

Challenges

This study from the Boston Consulting Group considers the challenges posed by batteries as power sources for vehicles.

Solar

Solar energy

The European Photovoltaic Industry Association offers information and studies on solar energy from the solar energy industry.

Renewable energy

This site from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment offers interested readers information about solar and wind power, hydropower, biomass and geothermal energy.

World energy supplies

In the World Energy Outlook, the International Energy Agency provides annual medium-term and long-term forecasts of world energy supplies.

Solar radiation in Europe

The European Commission Joint Research Centre has published maps showing solar radiation across Europe.

CO2 polyurethanes

Video on the BayerTV YouTube channel

„New process for the production of plasics can replace oil with carbon dioxide“

Catalytic Center

The CAT website gives details of research at the Catalytic Center at RWTH Aachen University.

CO2 emissions

The Carbon Monitoring for Action website is based on a comprehensive database, showing the CO2 emissions of over 50,000 power stations across the world.

Polyurethanes

On this website, the pressure group for producers of polyisocyanates and polyols (ISOPA) provides information on polyurethanes and their uses.

Climate change

The website of the European Environment Agency includes detailed information, brochures and interactive data on climate change and natural resources.

Catalysis

The joint website of the Institute of Applied Catalysis (IAC) and the Chemical Industry Education Centre (CIEC) teaches the basic principles of catalysis and the use of catalysts.

Crop protection

Industrial biotechnology

Comprehensive information about industrial biotechnology and its applications is available from the website of the European Association of Bioindustries.

Experiments and teaching materials

The European Initiative for Biotechnology Education (EIBE) provides background information, teaching materials and experimental collections in several languages.

Bioeconomics

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development provides information about the "Bioeconomy to 2030" strategy.

Seeds

Biologicals

The Julius Kühn Institute for Biological Control provides information on the whole range of biological and biotechnology protection techniques.

Plant protection products

A glossary entry gives an overview of chemical and biological plant protection products and the development of resistance.

International Plant Protection Convention

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPCC) also provides information materials.

Cereals

Plant clinic

The online Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic of Cornell University, USA, gives detailed descriptions of fungal diseases.

Plant protection topics

The website of the European Crop Protection Association provides general information about plant protection topics and agricultural technology.

Healthy crops

This thematic portal of the Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (Julius Kühn Institute) presents databases, background material, etc. on plant health.

Antibiotics

Development of microbial resistance

The World Organisation for Animal Health regularly reports on the problem of development of microbial resistance.

Animal health

On its website, the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe presents information related to animal health.
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