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Professor Christoph Lange, Medical Director of the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, and scientist at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) has now been elected by the members of

DZIF scientist and epidemiologist Prof. Gérard Krause will join the World Health Organisation (WHO) on 1 March 2023, where he will become the director of a newly established Department for

The development of antibiotic resistance is increasingly complicating the treatment of tuberculosis. Patients suffering from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are particularly hard hit. In

Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for the treatment of severe blood cancers is the only medical intervention that has cured two people living with HIV in the past. An international group of

Dr. Mirjam Groger from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) receives the Wolfgang Stille Science Award 2022 for her outstanding work on the therapy of Lassa haemorrhagic fever

Antibiotics are increasingly failing to work. Even new drugs are often ineffective in treating infections caused by gram-negative pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a relevant causative agent

Approximately 300 million people worldwide are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and at high risk of developing liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Consequently, there is

More than one billion people worldwide are at risk of illness, disfigurement, disability, and even death from neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Especially in the poorest regions of the world where

Prof Anna Hirsch from the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) has now succeeded in acquiring a coveted European Research Council (ERC) grant for the second time. Under the

Bacteria of the genus Enterobacter are among the most dangerous bacteria associated with hospital infections worldwide. Some of their representatives are highly resistant to commonly used antibiotics