Eine Kamera ist auf eine reflektierende Glasscheibe gerichtet.
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H1N1 influenca virus particle
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Known medicines: New role in combating infections?

Looking for an effective treatment of serious influenza infections, researchers of the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut have used bioinformatics to screen licensed medicines for their potential efficacy against

Laboratory-synthesized lugdunin
© Universität Tübingen/Sebastian N. Wirtz

Antibiotic produced by the microbiome kills bacteria by disturbing energy metabolism

A research team from the Universities of Tübingen and Göttingen as well as from the German Center for Infection Research has investigated the mode of action of a new class of antibiotics that is

Helicobacter pylori
© HZI/ M. Rohde

Helicobacter pylori: Signs of selection in the stomach

Helicobacter pylori, a globally distributed gastric bacterium, is genetically highly adaptable. The DZIF team of Professor Sebastian Suerbaum at LMU has now characterized its population structure in

Aedes albopictus
© cdc_James Gathany

Early Dengue virus infection could “defuse” Zika virus

The Zika virus outbreak in Latin America has affected over 60 million people up to now. The infection can have potentially fatal consequences for pregnant women and their unborn children: many

Mucispirillum
© B. Stecher

Gut Microbe helps thwart Salmonella

Salmonella infections can have serious consequences for certain high-risk groups, such as young children, the elderly and individuals whose immune systems are functionally compromised. Most people

Tanja Schneider und Team
© Uni Bonn/ Foto: Barbara Frommann

Capsule of bacteria recreated in a test tube

Some bacteria have a protective shell of cross-linked sugar molecules, which among other things, can ward off certain antibiotics. Researchers at the University of Bonn and the German Centre for

Laborbild Hepatitisforschung
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New Hepatitis D treatment options still needed urgently

The largest trial on the treatment of aggressive hepatitis D (delta) worldwide was conducted at the German Liver Foundation’s HepNet Study House. It shows that an extension of treatment duration has

Memento Research Award 2019
© Jörg Schaaber

Jürgen May is awarded the 2019 Memento Research Award

This year, the Memento Research Award for neglected diseases goes to Professor Jürgen May from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) in Hamburg. The jury honours his longstanding

Klebsiella pneumoniae
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Natural antibiotics: Joining forces in the fight against resistant bacteria

The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and Evotec AG are joining forces in the development of new broadband antibiotics targeting Gram-negative pathogens. The research activities will initially

The locations of the four CARB-X partners on a world map.
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The DZIF accelerates the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Fighting the global spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and developing new antibiotics is an important goal at the German Center for infection Research (DZIF). In order to further accelerate