Eine Kamera ist auf eine reflektierende Glasscheibe gerichtet.
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Klebsiella pneumoniae
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Quest for bacterial cocktails to fight infections

The intestine of a healthy person contains hundreds of different bacteria that provide efficient protection against infections. However, if the equilibrium of this community, known as the microbiota

Escherichia coli
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Alarming: Resistances against a new active-substance combination detectable prior to use in Germany

Enterobacteria such as Escherichia coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae are dreaded hospital germs that can cause serious intestinal and urinary tract infections. The risk of infection with these pathogens

Julia Pagel Preisverleihung
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Julia Pagel honoured with the Dorothea Erxleben Female Investigator Award

Paediatrician and DZIF scientist Dr Julia Pagel, Universität zu Lübeck, will receive EUR 50,000 to expand her research on lung diseases in infants. The prize is awarded by the North German Cluster of

Pipeline für neue Antibiotika
© mod. nach Nat Rev Chem (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-021-00313-1

Fighting resistances: Concepts for new antibiotics

Increasingly insensitive to standard drugs: Multi-resistant pathogens are spreading worldwide and even in the near future could threaten the safe treatment of deadly infectious diseases. However, the

Impfstoffe
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Combination vaccines against Covid-19 tested

People under the age of 60 who initially received a vaccine from AstraZeneca should be given an mRNA vaccine at their second appointment. This is recommended by the German Standing Committee on

Acetat aktiviert das Immunsystem
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Tübingen research team develops new strategy against sepsis

Some cases of bloodstream infections are mild, but many have a fatal outcome – the reasons for these differences have remained in the dark despite decades of research. Researchers from the University

idt Abfüllanlage
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Study with optimized vector vaccine MVA-SARS-2-S resumed

The clinical review of the MVA-SARS-2-S vector vaccine against COVID-19 will continue with a new version. The DZIF (German Center for Infection Research) scientists temporarily suspended the study

UNITE4TB marks a new era in tuberculosis treatment development

To advance anti-tuberculosis (TB) science and enable the progression of new, safe, and affordable treatment solutions for TB patients worldwide, a new consortium of 30 partners from 13 countries has

Stefan Niemann
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Stefan Niemann receives the Gardner Middlebrook Award 2021

The molecular biologist Prof. Stefan Niemann from the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center was honored with the Gardner Middlebrook Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was presented online

Autophagie und SARS
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A tapeworm drug against SARS-CoV-2?

Researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the University of Bonn have examined the way in which SARS-CoV-2 reprograms the metabolism