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A new opportunity for hepatitis C research
The hepatitis C virus is highly specialised. We humans are its natural hosts. The only other living organisms that could be infected with the hepatitis C virus in the lab are chimpanzees. Nevertheless it is – from the viewpoint of the virus – highly successful: around…
The right response to every pathogen
In the event of an infection, the immune system releases messenger substances. These molecules can either activate immune cells to defeat invading pathogens, or inhibit them to prevent an excessive immune reaction. For this, the immune system has to decide very quickly…
New pathway to cheap Insulin
More than eight million diabetics live in Germany. Diabetes is not restricted to our prosperous society and the highest growth rates often occur in countries with aspiring economies such as in Asia. Worldwide, more than 285 million people suffer from this illness; with…
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research receives project funding from the Bill und Melinda Gates Foundation
The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) has received a grant through the current round of the funding programme “Grand Challenges Explorations” of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The programme is supporting a global health project for development of…
Unexpected diversity of the nose
The human body is colonized by bacteria. They live on our skin, in our body’s orifices and throughout our gastrointestinal tract. There they can prevent dangerous germs (pathogens) from colonising and thus protect us against such infections, or they help in digestion.…
Small molecule with high impact
The adjuvants present in vaccines have a bad reputation. For most people, they are only unnecessary compounds within a medicinal product. This is a misunderstanding since adjuvants have a critical impact on the success of a vaccination. In the best case scenario, one…
Rejuvenating the old immune system
Thanks to the progress in health care and improved living conditions, we live longer. The price we pay: Our immune system loses functionality with advance age and the susceptibility to infections increases. The members of the research group "Infection immunology" at the…
The Exhausted Immune Defence
After an initial acute infection, Staphylococci can persist in our body for a long period of time leading to chronic disease. Scientists from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany, have…
Intimate Binding to Intestinal Cells
Every year infections with "entero-hemorrhagic Escherichia coli " bacteria (EHEC) keep researchers in industrialised countries busy. During an infection the bacteria colonize the intestinal mucosa and produce a toxin that causes bloody diarrhoea, leading to severe…
Das HZI bekommt Nachwuchs
Marc Erhardt, Till Strowig und Alexander Titz haben sich in einem strengen Wettbewerbsverfahren durchgesetzt und werden nun mit jeweils 250.000 Euro über fünf Jahre gefördert. Sie werden am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) forschen und sich an der Lehre…
