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We have to get very ill in order to get well more quickly
Elderly people get the flu more often and suffer from the symptoms for longer than younger people. Why this is the case was unclear - until now. Researchers at Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany, discovered a possible reason:…
Emmanuelle Charpentier receives prestigious award
Prof Emmanuelle Charpentier from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig is one of the winners of the most renowned award for scientists in Sweden — the Göran Gustafsson Prize. The award was presented at the Annual Ceremony of the Royal Swedish…
Sensitive balance in the immune system
As strange as it may seem, a process called "cellular suicide" is actually crucial for the survival of the entire body. The protein c-FLIPR plays a key role in controlling this process, which is called "apoptosis". Scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection…
Wanted: Standards for metagenomics
Metagenomics looks at the entirety of the genomic information of a habitat. There are various methods that can be used in investigations of this type. In fact, so many of them that it is often difficult to find the best fit for a certain analysis. For this reason,…
Promoting ebola research
The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig contributes one project to the newly established German Ebola-Virus Consortium (Ebocon). Sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and established by the German Centre for…
Clostridium difficile – a perfidious germ
This year's lecture series titled "KrankheitsErregend" (PathoGenic) at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig takes a close look at hospital germs. On the heels of the first event on MRSA, the second event of the lecture series scheduled for 8…
Using math to better understand the immune defence
Due to their highly effective suppression mechanism, regulatory T-cells are important for the regulation of the immune system. For their effect, exactly the right number of cells must be present in exactly the right place in the body. Scientists of the Helmholtz Centre…
Andreas Müller receives Jürgen-Wehland Award
Prof Andreas Müller, a scientist working at the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg and at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, is the recipient of this year's Jürgen-Wehland award. He received the award, worth Euro 5,000, on 21…
New antibiotic against hospital-acquired pathogens
Multi-resistant staphylococci are amongst the most feared pathogens in hospitals since they respond to therapy only very little or not at all any more. Scientists of the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) and of the Helmholtz Centre for…
Vaccination as simple as putting on lotion
Vaccination by injection, as done traditionally, has a number of drawbacks. These go beyond the fear of the needle, which might make some people shirk a vaccination, namely to the logistics involved in the production and application. "It is very laborious and expensive…