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Bacteria in cystic fibrosis lungs form very resistant biofilms
Cystic fibrosis, better known by the name of mucoviscidosis, is a pernicious hereditary disease. Due to a metabolic disorder, the bodily secretions of the patients contain too little water. One of the corollaries is that the mucus in the bronchi of the patients is…
Stephan Weil visits the HZI
On Wednesday, 20 May 2015, Lower Saxony's Minister President Stephan Weil will visit the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig. During his visit, he will get an overview of the work at the Centre and participate in a discussion session with…
Working together to understand the tricks of viruses
The strong influenza epidemic in the past winter and the Ebola - Epidemic in West Africa showed that there still is a large need for research in virology. But the focus also needs to be on less well-known viral infections. For example, the interaction between Viruses…
Jump-starting the body's tumour defence
As early as 150 years ago, doctors observed a positive influence of bacterial infections in cancer patients. Despite much progress has been made in the past decades, this therapeutic approach failed to achieve a breakthrough. It remained unclear how the bacteria act…
Federal Secretary of Health visits HZI
On Wednesday, 13 May 2015, Federal Minister of Health Hermann Gröhe will visit the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research in Braunschweig. In the presence of Lord Mayor of the City of Braunschweig Ulrich Markurth and President of the Helmholtz Association of German…
Wanted: New approach in the fight against herpes viruses
Almost every human is a carrier of herpes viruses. Usually, an inactive form of the virus is present in the body. Problems due to the virus usually arise only when the immune system of the host is compromised. Scientists of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research…
2015 Hansen Family Award goes to Emmanuelle Charpentier
The award-winner of the 2015 Hansen Family Award has been named: the Board of Trustees of the Bayer Science & Education Foundation and the Scientific Committee for this award have presented Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier with the EUR 75,000 prize, one of Germany’s…
"Remote-controlled" Salmonella as anti-cancer agent
Cancer therapy involving bacterial infections? This sounds risky when you first think about it and many dangerous pathogens are indeed not the agent of choice in the fight against cancer. Though they may cause solid tumours to go into remission, they are harmful to the…
Emmanuelle Charpentier named to TIME MAGAZINE TIME 100 List
TIME named Emmanuelle Charpentier to the 2015 TIME 100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related tributes appear in the April 27 issue of TIME, available on newsstands and tablets on Friday, April 17, and now at…
Observing the immune system during its development
The human immune system does not work optimally immediately after birth. Rather, it learns with time to recognise pathogens and to fight them successfully. The details of how the immune system develops and protects the human body depends on a variety of factors.…
