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How to create incentives for the development of novel antibiotics?

Every year at least 700,000 people die as a result of infection with antibiotic-resistant bacteria—a figure which according to WHO forecasts could rise to ten million people by 2050 without new

Der Preisträger Ralf Bartenschlager steht in der Mitte des Bildes, rechts neben ihm steht Nadja Käding von der DZIF Academy, links neben Prof. Bartenschlager steht DZIF-Vorstandsvorsitzender Prof. Dirk Busch.
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Virologist Ralf Bartenschlager honoured with the DZIF Prize for Translational Infection Research

The German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) honours the virologist Prof. Dr Dr h. c. Ralf Bartenschlager from the Heidelberg University Hospital. The DZIF Prize for Translational Infection

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Research award for DZIF Scientist Janko Sattler

DZIF scientist Dr Janko Sattler, a medical specialist at the Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene at the University Hospital Cologne, was awarded the bioMérieux Diagnostics Prize

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Successfully promoting new approaches to antibacterial therapies: INCATE celebrates its two-year anniversary

The INCubator for Antibacterial Therapies in Europe, INCATE, can point to an impressive series of successes on its two-year anniversary. With direct contact to more than 180 start-ups and initiatives

Prof. Marylyn (left) receiving the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in Hamburg. Science Senator Katharina Fegebank is standing to her right.
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Professor Marylyn Addo receives the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Prof. Marylyn Addo was awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany on August 25, 2023. She received the honour for her outstanding medical and scientific achievements in

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Researchers decode new antibiotic agent

More and more bacterial pathogens are developing resistance. There is an increasing risk that current drugs will no longer be effective against infectious diseases. Scientists around the world are

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Charles Thom Award 2023 for Rolf Müller

Prof. Rolf Müller, the Founding and Scientific Director of the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) and Professor of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at Saarland University, has

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A promising investigational therapeutic monoclonal antibody to treat chronic hepatitis B and D infections

Affecting hundreds of millions of people, chronic hepatitis B is a widespread global health problem for which there is as yet no cure. In a preclinical study involving the German Center for Infection

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Measles-based vector vaccine protects mice against influenza A (H7N9) virus

Researchers of the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI) and Philipps-Universität Marburg used the "recombinant measles virus" vaccine platform to test vaccine

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Clinical development of two antimicrobial agents funded by Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation

The Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation's ForTra gGmbH for Research Transfer—the largest medicine-funding foundation in Germany—supports the legally compliant production of new drug candidates for direct