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World Tuberculosis Day 2023: Yes! We can end TB!

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), approximately 1.5 million people die each year from tuberculosis (TB), a disease of the lungs caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. People with a

Shown on a black background are about 12 nuclei of lung cells in purple and a green-stained oval SARS-CoV-2 virus particle.
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Bacterial weapons against viral diseases

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically demonstrated that the development of effective agents against viral pathogens is of great importance for global health. Although effective vaccines are available

Overcoming professional boundaries - DZG fund joint project on gene and cell therapy

This is what ideal medicine would look like: Doctors could specifically alter molecular processes in diseased cells in the body and thus causally cure patients. This is the goal of the German Centers

Two female researchers in white lab coats, one sitting at a lab bench and one standing behind her, discuss the results of a cell examination on a computer screen. Sitting next to them, another researcher is working on another piece of laboratory equipment.
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Where the HI-Virus sleeps in the brain

The human immunodeficiency virus HIV-1 is able to infect various tissues in humans. Once inside the cells, the virus integrates its genome into the cellular genome and establishes persistent

Hoffnung für Tuberkulose-Patienten
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Long-term outcomes of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis better than expected

A long-term study by the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center was able to show that the therapeutic success of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is much higher than previously

Tubercle bacilli
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Tuberculosis: Molecular prediction of antimicrobial resistance for tailored therapy

How can the results of molecular resistance tests be used to optimize drug therapy for tuberculosis? An international panel of experts has updated a consensus document outlining how to interpret

Tuberculosis therapy
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Antibiotics resistance: Tuberculosis therapy at the limit?

The development of antibiotic resistance is increasingly complicating the treatment of tuberculosis. Patients suffering from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are particularly hard hit. In

A young researcher dressed in a green lab coat sitting at a sterile bench during cell biological analysis of tissue samples.
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Successful cure of HIV infection after stem cell transplantation

Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for the treatment of severe blood cancers is the only medical intervention that has cured two people living with HIV in the past. An international group of

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New standards to quantify hepatitis B virus reservoirs in liver cells

Approximately 300 million people worldwide are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and at high risk of developing liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Consequently, there is

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30 January – World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

More than one billion people worldwide are at risk of illness, disfigurement, disability, and even death from neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Especially in the poorest regions of the world where