The human immune system can effectively prevent and control viral infections. While many viruses can be neutralized and eliminated from the human body, other viruses persist after infection. However, they are often controlled throughout the entire human lifespan (e.g. certain herpes viruses like CMV ...
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) ranks among the globally most important causes of infections in humans and is considered a dreaded hospital pathogen. Active and passive immunisation against multi
The further development of the vector vaccine MVA-SARS-2-S against COVID-19 by IDT Biologika GmbH and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) is postponed. The vector vaccine has been
Cologne, Marburg, Braunschweig and Ingelheim, Germany, 18 December 2020 – Cologne University Hospital (UKK), University of Marburg (UMR), the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) and Boehringer
The Munich DZIF team led by Prof. Ulrike Protzer is developing a novel therapeutic approach to cure chronic hepatitis B. Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and Technical University of Munich (TUM) found
This year, the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) is honouring two researchers who have been engaged in virus research for many years and are currently actively working on a vaccine against
