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Three dimensional structure of the transport protein ECF-T.
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Starving pathogens to death
Due to the progressive spread of antimicrobial resistance, clinically important antibiotics are increasingly losing their effectiveness. New active substances are urgently needed to counteract this development. In order to circumvent existing resistance, new drugs must address previously unused target structures within the pathogens. HIPS scientist Prof. Anna Hirsch has been able to identify one such target and successfully acquired a “Proof of Concept” grant of the European Research Council (ERC) to support the development of novel active substances.
02.04.2024
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Zecke auf Hautoberfläche
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Crimean-Congo Fever: molecular mechanism of infection discovered
The Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever virus (CCHFV), first described in 1944, is also spreading rapidly in Europe due to global warming and is included in the WHO list of infectious agents with epidemic or pandemic potential as a top priority. There are currently no therapeutic or preventative measures available against the disease, which is mainly transmitted by ticks and is fatal in 40 per cent of cases.
29.03.2024
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Salmonella on a cell
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Bacterial RNAs have shorter lifetimes than expected
The decay of ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a crucial mechanism for controlling gene expression in response to environmental stresses. Researchers from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) and the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) have developed a statistical approach that allows a more accurate prediction of RNA half-lives in bacteria.
28.03.2024
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Hygiene prize winner
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HZI researchers awarded the Hygiene Prize 2024
Every two years, the Rudolf Schülke Foundation awards the Hygiene Prize to researchers who have achieved special solutions to problems in the fields of hygiene, infection prevention or public health. This year, the award was split: One half went to PD Dr Tilman E. Klassert and Dr Cristina Zubiria-Barrera from the "Dynamics of Respiratory Infections" research group at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI). The group is headed by Prof. Hortense Slevogt, who is also a senior physician for clinical infectiology at the Clinic for Pneumology and Infectiology at Hannover Medical School (MHH).
27.03.2024
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Bacteria of the genus Bacteroides
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Gut microbiota and antibiotics: Missing puzzle piece discovered
The intricacies of how intestinal bacteria adapt to their environment have yet to be fully explored. Researchers from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg and the University of California, Berkeley, USA, have now successfully closed a gap in this knowledge: They have identified a small ribonucleic acid (sRNA) that affects the susceptibility of the gut pathogen Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron to specific antibiotics.
25.03.2024
HIRI
Portrait Berit Lange
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Berit Lange becomes a member of the Federal Chancellor's new Expert Council
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz today welcomed the members of the new Expert Council on Health and Resilience to the inaugural meeting at the Federal Chancellery. Among the members is Dr. Berit Lange, Acting Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Head of Clinical Epidemiology at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig.
18.03.2024
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Biotop Mensch

21.03.2025
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ARD Mediathek
'Aging clock' computer model reveals aging processes in immune cells

this process. The CiiM is a joint initiative of the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) and Hannover Medical School (MHH). Using a

19.03.2025
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MSN.com
„Aging Clock“ enthüllt, was unser Immunsystem altern lässt

... unser Immunsystem altern? Ein Forschungsteam des Helmholtz-Zentrums für Infektionsforschung (HZI) hat ein KI-basiertes ...

19.03.2025
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LaborPraxis
Kaltplasma zur Behandlung von VAP-Patienten

Slevogt, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH) und Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI), konnte zeigen, dass die ...

18.03.2025
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transkript
Pandemie-Risiko: Warum die Vogelgrippe der Forschung Sorgen bereitet

... aber vom Tierschutz her schwer zu ertragen." Helmholtz-Institut Greifswald erforscht Verhalten im Umgang mit ...

18.03.2025
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NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Fünf Jahre Corona: Warum das Märchen “Die Schulen sind keine Treiber der Pandemie” so fatal ist – eine Analyse

... Ärztin und Epidemiologin Berit Lange vom Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung kommt in einer Beobachtungsstudie mit ...

17.03.2025
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