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Universal Flu Vaccine Candidate Protects Against Infection in Animal Models
Researchers at Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute and the HZI have reported that their universal flu vaccine candidate elicited a strong immune response and provided protection against severe infection and rapid clearance after viral exposure in ferrets. This…
Why the flu vaccine is less effective in older people
Every year at the beginning of October, the flu epidemic rolls around. “Because older people in particular have an increased risk of a severe course of the disease, effective vaccines are especially important for them,” says Prof. Yang Li, Scientific Director of the…
New drugs from toxic birds
The New Guinea-based regent whistler, or Pachycephala schlegelii in Latin, is a strange bird. It carries batrachotoxin in its black and yellow plumage: a potent neurotoxin, also used by poison dart frogs to effectively protect themselves from predators. This toxin is…
Enter the world of infection research - Open Day at the HZI
During guided tours, HZI researchers explain, for example, how new active substances against infections can be developed from natural products or how they use epidemiological studies to understand the spread of diseases and contribute to the health of the population. In…
Sounds and Science - Music and Infections
Sounds and Science - Vienna meets Braunschweig The event is based on the successful “Sounds and Science” concert series, which was launched in 2014 with the participation of the Medical University of Vienna in Austria. “With the ‘Sounds and Science - Music and…
Microbiome research: Small RNA plays a crucial role in colonization
The intestinal microbiome is a highly complex ecosystem with thousands of different types of bacteria. Live and let live, that is the motto. Harmonious coexistence is based on the fact that intestinal bacteria occupy different niches and communicate with each other.…
Perspectives for the Medicine of the Future
What are the molecular causes of diseases? How can AI and data science help us understand them at the cellular level? And how can future pandemics be prevented or mitigated? These are the questions scientists in the Helmholtz Health research field are tackling. At the…
