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Exploring humans, animals and the environment as one
In accordance with a decision made in November 2019, the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research is establishing a new location in Greifswald: the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH). One Health research investigates the interface between human health, animal…
Next generation scientists deepen their knowledge of translational medicine and drug production
The ENLIGHT-TEN+ network (European Network Linking Informatics and Genomics of Helper T cells in Tissues) educates 15 young scientists in the field of immunology at academic and non-academic institutions in ten European countries. Prof. Jochen Hühn, head of the…
World Day for Laboratory Animals 2024
The aim of research at the HZI is to develop new and faster diagnostic procedures, new active substances, for example against resistant germs, and new therapies against infectious diseases. The HZI is consistently committed to the so-called 3R principle with the aim of…
Christopher Baum: “We have to collaborate more closely on the programmes for young scientists“
The economic concerns of the MHH have attracted a great deal of attention over the last few years. This phase was very much defined by figures and the economic recovery of the MHH, while the scientific changes went on in the background. What kind of phoenix is rising…
Searching for the microbial treasure
It is long known that bacterial pathogens are increasingly developing resistance to pharmaceutical agents. Nevertheless, since the 1980s, no new active ingredient has been discovered that can combat resistance in gram-negative pathogens in the long term. In addition to…
New antibiotic against river blindness and lymphatic filariasis pathogens
Infections with worms from the filarial group, also known as filariasis, can lead to river blindness and, if left untreated, to elephantiasis - a disease in which extremities become greatly enlarged due to destruction of the lymphatic vessels. The lives of those…
Lyme disease: Probability of developing the disease is genetically predisposed
If a tick is infected with the pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi s. l. (sensu lato = in the broader sense), these bacteria can be transmitted to humans through a tick bite and cause illness. Various organ systems can be affected: the skin, the nervous system or the joints.…
Member of the European Parliament Katarina Barley visits the HZI
Afterwards, several stations on the Science Campus Braunschweig-Süd were visited. The HZI is currently building a modern organoid platform under the direction of Josef Penninger, which was presented by Dr Kristin Metzdorf. Organoids are miniature models of human organs…
Antimicrobial agents of the future
The discovery of antimicrobial compounds such as conventional antibiotics has transformed medicine, allowing for the treatment of infections that were once deemed untreatable. However, the development pipeline for new agents has slowed, while the improper use of…
