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Sep 7 2026

Faster diagnostics, deeper insights: Researchers strengthen response to Ebola outbreaks

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Aug 19 2026

PANTIPA project: Antibody against Pseudomonas aeruginosa reaches next development phase

The DZIF flagship project PANTIPA has reached an important milestone. Following successful preclinical work at the University Hospital Cologne and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, the

First authors of the study Dr. Metodi Stankov (left) and Dr. Matthias Bruhn at TWINCORE.

Aug 17 2026

Booster vaccination strengthens existing defenses

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is constantly mutating. As a result, vaccines become less effective and require regular adaptation. This was the case in 2025 with the JN.1 variant. An interdisciplinary team from

Graphic illustration depicting, in stylized form, a liver, numerous spherical viruses, and a human body in the background with an area of inflammation in the left lung.

Aug 10 2026

New immune signaling pathway could inform future treatments for excessive inflammation

Researchers at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), including several scientists from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), have worked with colleagues at the University

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