Organ transplant patients usually have to take immunosuppressive drugs for the rest of their lives to prevent their bodies from rejecting the organs. This therapy suppresses the physiological immune response to tumors and infections. The therapeutic goal for this patient group is to achieve an ...
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), approximately 1.5 million people die each year from tuberculosis (TB), a disease of the lungs caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. People with a
Specific biomarkers in the blood can indicate the onset of tuberculosis (TB) in HIV-infected individuals six to twelve months earlier than TB diagnosis by sputum. This is the finding of researchers
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Infection with SARS-CoV-2 leaves some people almost unaffected, while others develop life-threatening COVID-19 symptoms. So far, we do not understand exactly why symptoms and disease severity
The development of potent antiretroviral treatment (ART) strategies has significantly changed the face of the HIV/AIDS pandemic from a lethal disease to a chronic livable condition for infected individuals with access to care. However, in spite of ground-breaking advances in anti-HIV treatment, cure ...
Dr Christian Keller, from Philipps-University Marburg and the German Center for Infection Research, and Dr Anke Osterloh, Research Center Borstel, were awarded this year’s "Memento Award for neglected
