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.
The microbiome, i.e. the microorganisms that colonise our gut and help with digestion, weighs around one and a half kilograms. It consists primarily of bacteria and also has a protective effect
Members of Parliament (MPs) from the CDU, FDP, SPD and Die Linke parties have joined forces in a parliamentary group to focus more on combating antimicrobial resistance in the future.
On 1 June 2024, Professor Marcus Altfeld, Coordinator of the research area HIV at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), became Scientific Director of the Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV)
Prof. Dr Christoph Ernst from the Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene at the University Hospital of Cologne and the Faculty of Medicine has been selected for the Boehringer
In a large-scale systematic review, researchers from an international consortium analysed more than 25,000 publications from the last 20 years. They examined the circumstances under which contact
Leukaemia is the most common cancer in children. Cancer treatment severely weakens the children's immune system and they can easily develop opportunistic infections. One of the most common causes of
TherVacB, a novel therapeutic vaccine to combat chronic hepatitis B, entered the first clinical trial. The vaccine was designed and developed under the leadership of Helmholtz Munich. This phase Ia
