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
At the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), researchers are working intensively to make available a vaccine against the dreaded MERScoronavirus as soon as possible. A candidate vaccine has
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing concern: Hospitals are increasingly being confronted with bacterial infections for which there is no cure. The frequent use of broad spectrum antibiotics, which
Malaria is still not under control despite numerous attempts. On the contrary: Resistance against the commonly used drugs is further impeding the fight against this dangerous infectious disease. This
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
Researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) in Hannover, Munich and Tübingen have now signed a cooperation agreement for the new Center for Gastrointestinal Microbiome Research
Munich, 14 March 2013. The human body is under constant attack from a multitude of different pathogens. Considering the frequency of these attacks from viruses and bacteria, we actually get sick
Dr. Georg Schütte, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Education and Research, launched the German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) in Berlin today. DZIF is the youngest of six German
