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Performing rapid antigen tests in Colombia
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DZIF experts at Charité support Colombian SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic efforts

Colombia currently houses several million refugees and migrants, of whom 1.8 million are from Venezuela. The success of the country’s pandemic control measures will depend on the careful monitoring of

Prof. Ulrike Protzer (r) at the lab
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A medication against Covid-19 in development

Vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus have been made possible by an unprecedented worldwide collaboration. But medications against Covid-19 have as yet seen only partial success. A Munich research

Ulrike Protzer
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Ulrike Protzer is awarded the DZIF Prize for Translational Infection Research

This year, the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) is honouring the medical scientist and clinical virologist Prof. Ulrike Protzer for her scientific achievements. The prize is endowed with

Together against infections - Together for fairness and transparency in science

The scientists of the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) contribute their insights and professional expertise to the debate within society, thus supporting important decision-making processes

Pneumokokken
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New group of antibacterial molecules identified

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Umeå University, and DZIF scientists at the University of Bonn have identified a new group of molecules that have an antibacterial effect against many antibiotic

Impfstoffforschung
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A study on booster vaccination with the MVA-SARS-2-ST vector vaccine is starting at the UKE

Approximately two-thirds of the population in Germany have been fully vaccinated against the corona virus to date. But the immune protection from the vaccine diminishes over time. A booster

Lab-Training in Benin
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The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 is rapidly taking over in West Africa

While the highly infectious SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant has already become predominant in Germany and in most European nations, little was known about its spread in Africa. German Center for Infection

20 research, medical and pharmaceutical organizations call on G7 to step up action against antibiotic resistance

Ahead of the “World Antimicrobial Awareness Week” (November 18-24) 20 national and international organizations from academia, healthcare, global health and the pharmaceutical industry appealed today

Blutgefäße im Hirn
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How the coronavirus damages blood vessels in the brain

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

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Current issue of the DZG magazine SYNERGIE published

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