Eine Kamera ist auf eine reflektierende Glasscheibe gerichtet.
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Malaria: New Vaccination Method goes into Clinical Trials

Malaria is still not under control despite numerous attempts. On the contrary: Resistance against the commonly used drugs is further impeding the fight against this dangerous infectious disease. This

Hepatitis B: New treatment possibilities

Viruses such as hepatitis B virus (HBV) can persist by depositing their genetic information in the cell nucleus. An international team of scientists headed by Prof. Ulrike Protzer and Prof. Mathias

Managing Board of the new DZIF Transplant Cohort (from left to right): Prof. Dr. Dirk Busch (Munich), Prof. Dr. Claudia Sommerer (Heidelberg), Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bethge (Tübingen), Prof. Dr. Arnold Ganser (Hannover), Prof. Dr. Lutz Renders (Munich), Prof. Dr. Klaus Kuhn (Munich), Prof. Dr. Thomas Schulz (Hanover)
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DZIF Transplant Cohort starts its work

On its first General Assembly, which took place in Frankfurt/Main today, the Transplant Cohort was founded as a part of the German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF). With this, the newly founded

Clostridium difficile
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Microbiome and infections

Researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) in Hannover, Munich and Tübingen have now signed a cooperation agreement for the new Center for Gastrointestinal Microbiome Research

First candidate vaccine against new coronavirus

A research team has developed a potential vaccine against the newly emerged coronavirus.

In autumn 2012, the public was alarmed by the emergence of a newly discovered coronavirus. It induces severe

Mit Hilfe modernster FACS-Geräte können Infektionsforscher Zellen sortieren und analysieren
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Immunological giants and dwarves

Munich, 14 March 2013. The human body is under constant attack from a multitude of different pathogens. Considering the frequency of these attacks from viruses and bacteria, we actually get sick

United against Infections

Dr. Georg Schütte, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Education and Research, launched the German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) in Berlin today. DZIF is the youngest of six German

Virological study changes our assessment of the new coronavirus

A new virological study changes our assessment of the new coronavirus. The research group of Professor Christian Drosten (Bonn University/DZIF) has shown that the new coronavirus does not use the same

Six patients fall ill with the new coronavirus

On Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported further cases of illness caused by the new corona virus; the number of laboratory-confirmed cases has thus risen to a total of six, four

Third patient falls ill with the new coronavirus

4 November 2012, 10 p.m.

In Saudi Arabia a third patient has fallen ill with the new corona virus, which had already been detected in two patients from Saudi Arabia and Qatar. While the first patient