The immune system comprises organs, tissues, cells and molecules, which protect the body against pathogens.
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The biological defense system can be separated into an innate and an adaptive part. The innate immune system developed early in the phylogeny of living things. The adaptive immune system adjusts to new or modified pathogens. Both parts collaborate closely. Moreover, the immune system can destroy abnormal or defective cells of the own body.
Many viruses store their hereditary information in ribonucleic acid, RNA for short. Viral RNA is very similar to that of humans. However, the human immune system can differentiate between viral
The initial results of a clinical Phase I trial of a potential vaccine against the dreaded Ebola virus are now available. At the Hamburg-Eppendorf University Medical Center (UKE), in Geneva
The DZIF Transplant Cohort, which was officially founded as an association in February 2014, has completed its preparations. The association can now begin with recruiting first patients and collecting
Researchers at the University of Tübingen are testing an Ebolavaccine in healthy adults in Gabon. The first voluntary trial participants are being vaccinated today.
A clinical phase I trial for a potential vaccine against the dreaded Ebola virus can now begin. The candidate vaccine has already successfully been tested in different animal models. The trial is
The German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) has initiated a consortium to strengthen Ebola research and close the knowledge gaps as quickly as possible in the fight against the epidemic. This
Rapid and reliable diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis is still an ongoing problem. The most important prerequisite for successful treatment of active tuberculosis is its early diagnosis. A team of
Researchers in Germany and the U.S. have proven for the first time that specific individual cells of the immune system, termed central memory T cells, have all the essential characteristics of adult
Viruses such as hepatitis B virus (HBV) can persist by depositing their genetic information in the cell nucleus. An international team of scientists headed by Prof. Ulrike Protzer and Prof. Mathias
On its first General Assembly, which took place in Frankfurt/Main today, the Transplant Cohort was founded as a part of the German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF). With this, the newly founded
