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A better understanding of the ageing immune system
Our society gets older, people live longer. The price we pay: infectious diseases can easier overcome the immune system. Like all organs, the immune system does not function flawlessly in old age. A new collaboration of university and non-university research institutes…
Full Throttle on the DNA
Millions of Germans suffer from autoimmune diseases such as rheumatism, diabetes or chronic intestinal inflammation: the body’s defence system raises a false alarm and starts to attack its own body cells. The reasons for such overreactions are diverse and have not been…
The hunt for deadly pathogens
The causes of dreaded diseases such as Cholera, Anthrax, Rabies and AIDS are the main focus of a symposium at the German Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, HZI). International scientists from all over the world will meet…
Human against virus – a molecular race
Most people become infected with the human cytomegalovirus (CMV) at some point in life. Over millions of years, our immune system has evolved a trick or two to defend us against this virus, but unfortunately, CMV evolved its own tricks, too. New drugs to target viral…
New insights on phagosome maturation
Phagocytes ingest particles as well as pathogens from their surroundings into compartments called phagosomes. The phagosomes possess a harsh milieu with microbicidal function; therefore the phagocytes represent the first line of defense against infections. However, some…
Concentrated competencies in the fight against infectious diseases
Two leaders in the field of infection research are planning on bundling their expertise in the future. Scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig and at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Berlin and Wernigerode will be sharing their…
HZI part of COMPACT
The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and its branch Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) are partners in the project COMPACT ( C ollaboration on the O ptimisation of M acromolecular P harmaceutical A ccess to C ellular T argets),…
Six patients fall ill with the new corona virus
Press information of the German Centre for Infection Research On Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported further cases of illness caused by the new corona virus; the number of laboratory-confirmed cases has thus risen to a total of six, four patients…
Appetite suppressant for scavenger cells
When infected with influenza, the body becomes an easy target for bacteria. The flu virus alters the host’s immune system and compromises its capacity to effectively fight off bacterial infections. Now, a team of immunologists at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection…
Casting out devils
Salmonella are regarded as bad guys. Hardly a summer passes without severe salmonella infections via raw egg dishes or chicken that find their way into the media. But salmonella not only harm us – in future they may even help to defend us against cancer. The bacteria…
