In research, translation refers to the implementation of findings from basic research in the clinic or in therapeutic applications.
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Ideally, feasibility should already be considered in the design of basic research. Only translation makes results of basic research practically accessible for people. The slogan “From bench to bedside” describes the aim of translational research.
The Max von Pettenkofer Institute of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) has been appointed German National Reference Centre for Retroviruses. With this, it assumes central networking tasks
Some HIV-infected – and untreated children – who do not develop AIDS, control the virus in a different way from the few infected adults who remain disease-free. Scientists at LMU´s Max von Pettenkofer
The DZIF Academy is pleased to open the call for application for the third DZIF Prize for Translational Infection Research. The German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) will award a prize of 5.000
In a clinical trial at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), leukaemia patients are being administered specially purified immune cells, so-called memory T cells, for the first time after a
His aim is to develop a vaccine against the widespread gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori: for his work in this field, Professor Markus Gerhard, Technische Universität München (TUM), was awarded the
The DZIF Academy is pleased to open the call for application for the second DZIF Prize for Translational Infection Research. DZIF will award a prize of 5.000 Euro for exceptional translational
The German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) is growing: three new member establishments will now be supporting the DZIF in its research activities, the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), the
A patient who had contracted the dangerous MERS coronavirus in Abu Dhabi gave rise to public concern in Osnabrück this weekend. Many people fear a spread of the pathogen, which causes severe pneumonia
An international group of scientists unraveled for the first time the global spread of multidrug resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains. The study shows that efficient tuberculosis
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
