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A tiny molecule with a big impact
"Nitric oxide has two very different effects during an infection: On the one hand, it can directly destroy pathogens that have been taken up by phagocytes. On the other hand, above a certain concentration, it prevents the recruitment of further phagocytes to the site of…
Be Better Prepared for Pandemics
In the previous 15 years the World Health Organisation alone has had to proclaim six infection-caused global health emergencies. "The occurrence of further severe pandemics is but a matter of time," Prof Hans-Georg Kräusslich, chairman of the German Center for Infection…
Quest for bacterial cocktails to fight infections
The intestine of a healthy person contains hundreds of different bacteria that provide efficient protection against infections. However, if the equilibrium of this community, known as the microbiota, is disturbed – for example, due to antibiotic therapy – pathogens such…
Hope for antibody therapy against Covid-19
A team of virologists at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), together with the Technische Universität (TU) Braunschweig and the biotech company YUMAB , has succeeded in identifying antibodies from their antibody libraries that neutralise the novel…
Strategies to contain the COVID-19 pandemic
In view of the great public importance of an objective evidence base regarding the occurrence of infections, our research organizations ( Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft , Helmholtz Association , Leibniz Association , Max Planck Society ) have decided to jointly state their…
LoewenKIDS help scientists in a COVID-19 study
At the end of 2014, the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) initiated a long-term study to assess young children with regard to developments in their immune systems and interactions with infections. The study accompanies children from time of birth up until…
Searching for drugs against SARS-CoV-2
"I am confident that within a few weeks we will find substances that can inhibit the replication of the virus. This will give us a comprehensive picture of the effectiveness of the substances against this corona virus, as the investigations in the various laboratories…
Kliniklabor bekommt Unterstützung vom HZI und der TU Braunschweig
Beide Institutionen stellen dem Klinikum Braunschweig sowohl Technik, als auch fachliches Know-How zur Verfügung. Dr. Thomas Bartkiewicz, Ärztlicher Direktor des Klinikums Braunschweig, sagt: „Durch die enorme Unterstützung können wir unsere Testkapazitäten deutlich…
To the site of action - in the nanotransporter
The world is currently fascinated by pharmaceutical research, which is supposed to free us from the burden of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In addition to the search for a vaccine, the further development of other drugs is of crucial importance, especially now and…
Inactivated viruses for vaccine development
Four projects are currently being developed to exploit the possibilities of GSI and FAIR research in the corona crisis and to expand the fundamental knowledge about the virus. The researchers are working on contributions to the development of vaccines as well as on…
