A new study with support from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) warns of the dawn of an extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) epidemic in Europe, threatening to leave
An international research team led by scientists from the DZIF at the University of Cologne has discovered an antibody that neutralizes the human immunodeficiency virus HIV-1 in almost all tested
The German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) and the French National Agency for Research on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Emerging Infectious Diseases (ANRS MIE) were represented at this year's European
On September 18, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Stephan Urban, DZIF Professor of Translational Virology at Heidelberg University's Medical Faculty, was honored with the McGuigan Award for Distinguished Work in
The German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) is launching the DZIF Start-up Fund, a new funding initiative to support spin-offs in translational infection research. The fund aims to develop
Researchers at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at Heidelberg University Hospital have decoded a previously unknown mechanism by which HIV-1 selects its integration targets in the human
In 2017, a Miami–Berlin flight took an unexpected turn when passengers spotted a rat on board. After landing, the rat was captured and handed over to scientists at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI
The former President of Hannover Medical School (MHH) and Clinical Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Prof. Michael P. Manns, passed away on 15 August 2025. Manns succumbed
While tuberculosis no longer plays a major role in large parts of Europe, many people still carry the pathogen. For people with weakened immune systems, for example after an organ transplant or in the
A balanced gut microbiome not only contributes to digestion, but is also an important protective factor against infections. Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) led by Prof
