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Brec1 recombinase (yellow) removing the provirus (turquoise) from human DNA
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HIV/AIDS: A new enzyme is capable of removing HIV-proviruses from infected cells

Researchers at the Heinrich Pette Institute, Hamburg, and at the Dresden Technical University (TUD) succeeded in developing a designer enzyme that is capable of specifically removing the provirus from

Testing antibiotic resistance in a petri dish
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Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis pathogen develops further resistance to new antibiotics

Scientists led by the Leibniz Research Center Borstel, the Institute of Microbiology and Laboratory Diagnostics in Gauting, the Institute of Medical Microbiology of the University of Zurich and the

Zika virus particles (red)
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Zika virus: Will it spread to Europe and Germany soon?

The Zika virus, which is transmitted by the mosquito species Aedes aegypti, is currently spreading rapidly in South America, particularly in Brazil. The virus may damage unborn foetuses during

Lambaréné, Gabon: Mothers and their children waiting for their treatment
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A simplified regimen for severe malaria

In a current clinical trial, a team of scientists including researchers from the DZIF has shown that treating severe malaria in children can be simplified. The results have been published in PLOS

MERS workshop in Dubai
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Identifying MERS outbreaks as early as possible

Virologists at the DZIF partner site Bonn-Cologne have organised the first international WHO diagnostic training workshop on MERS coronavirus in Dubai.

Since its discovery in Saudi Arabia in 2012

Multidrug-resistant bacteria on an agar plate
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When antibiotics fail: New antibiotic resistance gene has also been found in Germany

Researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) and the University of Giessen have shown that the gene for resistance to colistin, which was recently discovered in China, also exists

Electron microscope images of Ebola virus particles
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Ebola infection: Protective immune response, even after decades

For the first time, scientists from the Bernard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) including DZIF researchers have, in collaboration with Swiss colleagues, confirmed a long-lasting

Dromedaries as carriers
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MERS: Dromedaries successfully vaccinated

A German-Dutch team of researchers has successfully vaccinated dromedaries against the MERS coronavirus. Dromedaries are believed to be the source of MERS infection in humans. At the German Center for

Michael Hölscher, LMU München
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Research career between Munich and Africa

Michael Hölscher has had an interest in Africa from the start, and it has never left him: his career path started in Tanzania over 20 years ago. The research fields HIV and tuberculosis have been on

Prof Christoph Lange (left) with patient
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Tuberculosis treatment: Current recommendations

Tuberculosis is one of the most important infectious diseases worldwide. Treatment is lengthy and challenging. Doctors and scientists at the DZIF Clinical Center for Tuberculosis develop new therapies