A research team from the Universities of Tübingen and Göttingen as well as from the German Center for Infection Research has investigated the mode of action of a new class of antibiotics that is
The DZIF Academy is pleased to open the call for applications for two prizes in 2019: the DZIF Prize for Fundamental Translational Infection Research and the DZIF Prize for Clinical Translational
Helicobacter pylori, a globally distributed gastric bacterium, is genetically highly adaptable. The DZIF team of Professor Sebastian Suerbaum at LMU has now characterized its population structure in
The Zika virus outbreak in Latin America has affected over 60 million people up to now. The infection can have potentially fatal consequences for pregnant women and their unborn children: many
Salmonellainfections can have serious consequences for certain high-risk groups, such as young children, the elderly and individuals whose immune systems are functionally compromised.Most people
The aim of SYNERGIE, the new magazine published jointly by the German Centers of Health Research (DZG,) is to present modern medical research and provide a brief digest of the latest research findings
Some bacteria have a protective shell of cross-linked sugar molecules, which among other things, can ward off certain antibiotics. Researchers at the University of Bonn and the German Centre for
Every year on 24 March, we commemorate Robert Koch’s discovery of the tubercle bacillus. Almost 140 years later, tuberculosis is still the leading infectious disease with the most number of deaths
The largest trial on the treatment of aggressive hepatitis D (delta) worldwide was conducted at the German Liver Foundation’s HepNet Study House. It shows that an extension of treatment duration has
This year, the Memento Research Award for neglected diseases goes to Professor Jürgen May from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) in Hamburg. The jury honours his longstanding
