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DZIF is doing research in nine areas:

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Infections of the immunocompromised Host

Healthcare-associated and Antibiotic-resistant bacterial Infections

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First drug for hepatitis D has been approved by European Commission

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How many people are now immune to SARS-CoV-2?

Who has overcome an infection with the virus without noticing, and how many people have already produced protective antibodies against the new coronavirus? Various antibody studies are now under way
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Even the Vikings had smallpox

The smallpox virus was already circulating in Northern Europe in the 7th century. This is indicated by DNA from Viking skeletons that researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, including
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Siblings can also differ from one another in bacteria

A research team from the University of Tübingen and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) is investigating how pathogens influence the immune response of their host with genetic variation
Alexander Titz
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Alexander Titz becomes professor at Saarland University

Junior professor Dr. phil. Alexander Titz, currently head of a research group at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) and junior professor at Saarland University
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC):
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World Health Organization (WHO):
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
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Hannover - Braunschweig | Heidelberg | München | Tübingen

Transplant Cohort

Medical data and biological samples obtained from transplant patients are collected and managed across Germany with the help of the DZIF Transplant Cohort. The data and samples form the basis of scientific studies which investigate the connections between numerous factors influencing an organ’s susceptibility to infection and organ function. 

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Hamburg - Lübeck - Borstel - Riems

Clinical Tuberculosis Centre

The Clinical Tuberculosis Centre provides the expertise and infrastructure for the optimisation, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) as well as for translating research results into clinical practice. The main objectives of the Clinical Tuberculosis Centre include coordinating clinical research activities involving the DZIF TB cohort. This cohort includes [...]

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Tübingen

New strategies for specific eradication of Staphylococcus aureus

In this project, the scientists develop genetically engineered phage lysins and specific bacteriocins for the elimination of hospital germs such as Staphylococcus aureus, they clarify mechanisms of potential resistance mechanisms, and they analyse whether broad-spectrum or specifically acting agents have a more effective and lasting effect on colonization by S [...]

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Hannover - Braunschweig

Preclinical development of Amidochelocardins

The challenge of antibiotic drug development today is the discovery and optimisation of novel bioactive compounds that do not show cross-resistances with clinically applied antibiotics, ideally due to a novel mode of action (MoA) which adresses unexploited microbial targets. In the case of chelocardin, this antibiotic substance was identified several [...]

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