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World AMR Awareness Week 2024, 18-24 November – Educate. Advocate. Act now.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most urgent challenges facing global health and development. Described as a “creeping pandemic” by the G7 forum of leading economic nations, AMR occurs

Portraits of the three ERC Synergy Grant winners
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ERC Synergy Grant: German-French team receives eleven million euros for AI-assisted search for new antibiotics

Professors Ivo Boneca (Institut Pasteur, Paris), Mark Brönstrup (Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, and German Center for Infection Research), and Christophe Zimmer (University of

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Chemical trick activates antibiotic directly at the pathogen

Colistin is a last-resort antibiotic that is usually only used for severe infections with resistant bacteria. This is due to its severe kidney-damaging side effects, which occur in around 30 percent

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Vaccine against the MERS coronavirus tested as safe and effective in phase Ib clinical trial

The MERS coronavirus—MERS stands for “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome”—causes severe respiratory diseases with a high mortality rate. To date, there is neither a vaccine nor a specific treatment. The

Scientists sound the alarm over lack of antibiotics

According to the WHO, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the ten greatest threats to global health. In the EU alone, around 35,000 people die every year from antibiotic-resistant infections. The

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Microbiome research: Small RNA molecules play crucial role in the microbial colonisation of the gut

The intestinal microbiome is currently the subject of intensive research, as it is of great importance for human health. Intestinal bacteria play an essential role in the defence against dangerous

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INCATE marks its third anniversary of successfully supporting innovators fighting antimicrobial resistance

INCATE (the INCubator for Antibacterial Therapies in Europe) is celebrating its third anniversary. Since its launch in August 2021, INCATE has been dedicated to supporting early-stage innovators, in

Science Campus Braunschweig
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Open Day at the Science Campus Braunschweig-Süd on 21 September 2024

On Saturday, 21 September 2024, the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), together with the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) and other research institutions, invites the interested

Close up view of the injection of a vaccine through a syringe into the arm of a person wearing a mask.
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New vector vaccine against COVID-19 provides long-term protection

The protective effect of established COVID-19 vaccines is initially very robust, but wanes relatively quickly. This limitation imposes a need for periodic booster shots, which drives vaccine

Blood-sucking mosquito whose proboscis has pierced the skin, with a red-coloured abdomen.
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Very slow developing malaria pathogens could be suitable as a vaccine

Scientists from the Heidelberg Medical Faculty at Heidelberg University, the Centre for Infectious Diseases at Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Center for Infection Research have