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Prof Dr Yang Li
Sebastian Borgert
Leendertz: "Human health cannot be viewed in isolation"
Contact between humans and animals is becoming increasingly closer. This is due to the growing world population, the ever deeper intrusion of humans into natural habitats, the hunting of wildlife, and intensive livestock farming and agriculture. Combined with…
New vector vaccine against COVID-19 provides long-term protection
In 2022, researchers from the department “Viral Immunology” headed by Prof. Luka Cicin-Sain at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research reported on the novel vector vaccine for the first time. The promising immunogenic profile of the MCMV-based vaccine has now been…
More than the sum of the parts
Mutations in the genome of viruses or bacteria occur every time the genetic material is replicated and rarely have a positive effect. If they do, they give the pathogen new characteristics. One example of these are the so-called “escape mutations”, which enable a virus…
