Eine Kamera ist auf eine reflektierende Glasscheibe gerichtet.
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Daily dosis for multiresistant tuberculosis patients
© Forschungszentrum Borstel

Traditional antibiotic is also effective against tuberculosis

An international team of scientists has had unexpected success in treating tuberculosis with a ß-lactam antibiotic that is approved for other indications. DZIF scientists from the Research Center

Focus on Helicobacter (from left): Dr Florent Ailloud, Prof Sebastian Suerbaum and Iratxe Estibariz
© MHH/Kaiser

Helicobacter pylori: A gastric pathogen capable of genetic transformation

DZIF scientists at the MHH have deciphered the rapid transformation of Helicobacter pylori, a pathogen which causes gastric cancer.

Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium which causes gastric cancer, can

Zika virus particles (red)
© cdc/Cynthia Goldsmith

Zika viruses: Developing reliable diagnostics and new active agents

At the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), research projects can be initiated within a week via a fast track procedure if required. This is especially relevant to emerging infections and

Prof. Christoph Lange
© FZ Borstel

Christoph Lange awarded the Spinoza Chair

The University of Amsterdam has awarded the Spinoza Chair in Medicine for the academic year 2016/2017 to DZIF Professor Christoph Lange, Research Center Borstel/ University of Lübeck.  Lange is

Hepatitis B viruses (big oval structures with dark core)
© Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg / S.Seitz

Tricks of Ticking time bomb Hepatitis B Virus

Providing a new paradigm to hepatitis B understanding, researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)

Multi-resistant E. coli bacteria in a petri dish
© JLU Gießen

Dangerous and “jumping” mcr-1 resistance gene

The mcr-1 gene makes gut bacteria insensitive to the last-resort antibiotic colistin. Especially in hospitals, colistin is used as a last treatment option for infections with dreaded multidrug

Hospital in Mbeya, Tanzania
© DZIF/Dr. Inge Kroidl

Study enables first-time analysis of earliest stage of HIV infection

The first days after HIV infection are very important because sexual partners are exposed to extremely high risks of infection due to the subsequent high viral load in the infected person

Antibiotic-resistant salmonella
© cdc_James Archer

Antibiotics against severe salmonella infections in Africa increasingly ineffective

Salmonella infections in the bloodstream, caused by Salmonella enterica bacteria, are still the cause of many deaths in southern regions and Southeast Asia. Children between the age of two and five

Alexander Titz
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Weakening dangerous bacteria in biofilms

DZIF scientists at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) have succeeded in identifying and targeting problematic pathogens in biofilms more rapidly. The biofilm adhesion

Bat species Coleura afra: in the study, six out of 14 animals developed antibodies against the Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever virus
© Inst. für Virologie, Uni Bonn/Corman

Do bats play a role in transmitting Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever?

An international team of researchers led by DZIF scientists from the University of Bonn have confirmed the presence of Crimean Congo viruses in African bats. These results suggest that bats could play