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SARS-CoV-2 affects not only lungs and airways, but influences many organs of the human body. How it damages small blood vessels in the brain was deciphered by a consortium of the German Centers for

The right therapy for the right patient group at the right time - that is what precision medicine makes possible. In the current issue of the DZG magazine SYNERGIE, the German Centers for Health

The German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) have developed a concept to form a National Alliance for Pandemic Therapeutics (NA-PATH). They

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

The DZIF Academy is pleased to open the call for applications for two prizes in 2021: the DZIF Prize for Fundamental Translational Infection Research and the DZIF Prize for Clinical Translational

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

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

Multidrug-resistant bacteria are spreading worldwide, and new antibiotics and strategies against deadly infectious diseases are urgently needed. With INCATE (INCubator for Antibacterial Therapies in

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

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